On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 11:53:51 -0600, Shyamal Prasad wrote: > Even with Blackdown there are problems that make it non-free. Maybe > some one else can provide a more lucid explanation, but AFAIK > Blackdown signed an agreement with Sun that requires some things to be > kept confidential. Yeah, I thought it was something along those lines. > mdevin> I don't mean this email to be any criticism of the speed > mdevin> at which java .debs are released. More of an inquiry as > mdevin> to whether there is anything that I can do about it. > > Tell Sun you want .debs. This is a political battle, not a technical > one. Yeah, It is a bit dissapointing that you can get rpms much earlier than debs. It seems as though you are just better installing directly form the Sun site and maintaining it yourself. I dont' see how using the rpm and Alien really improves from this situation. Cheers. Mark.
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