Re: RFP: jamvm -- A tiny blue book compatible Java virtual machine

[Matthias Klose <doko@debian.org>]

On 05/02/2011 10:37 PM, Damien Raude-Morvan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Le dimanche 17 avril 2011 13:35:52, Mark Hobley a écrit :
> > * Package name    : jamvm
> >    Version         : 1.5.4
> >    Upstream Author : Robert Lougher
> > * URL             : http://jamvm.sourceforge.net/
> > * License         : GPL
> >    Programming Lang: C
> >    Description     : A tiny blue book compatible Java virtual machine
> >
> > This is an extremely small blue book compatible Java virtual machine.
>
> JamVM package has been removed from Debian Unstable on Feb 2010 [1] by "ROM;
> lack of interest, alternatives exists".
> But it seems JamVM project recently regained interrest [2] by providing a new
> VM implementation for OpenJDK6 classlib [3]. Whereas, at the same time,
> CacaoVM activity seems to be decreasing).
>
> For people willing to (re-)package this software :
> - look into pkg-java repository for starting point
> - (maybe) provide a jamvm-source package to be able to package it inside
> openjdk6

the jamvm source should be kept in the openjdk-6 and openjdk-7 sources. The 
versions used will differ, and as long as it's not used by other things besides 
openjdk, it should be kept there.

  Matthias