Re: Intent to package Jikes
Mike Goldman writes:
> On the negative side, it appears that Jikes depends upon JDK, which is
> presently non-free. Therefore Jikes would have to go into contrib
> instead of main, if I understand policy correctly.
You do.
> These are made by running the source file java.g through a program called
> jikespg, which in turn is binary-only available (but free for download).
> I am not sure of the policy implications of this, three of the four are
> easily user-modifiable, but javadcl.h is probably not as a practical
> matter. Should this be treated as a non-free dependency, or does it
> render the whole package non-free?
I think it is just another reason to put it in contrib. Any chance of
getting IBM to free jikespg?
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John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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