Re: Blackdown

[Juha Siltala <jsiltala@gmx.net>]

On 2004-11-10, Pedro M (Morphix User) <pmacv@telefonica.net> wrote:
> Jules Dubois escribió:

>>I think that's what the 'java-package' package is designed to do: Make a
>>Debian package from Blackdown or Sun JRE.

> If so, I think for newbbies is very interesting Debian Board would 
> create this package , so the user only have to download it, not to 
> create it.  I thing JavaSun has not direct browser integration (one have 

java-package does build a package that installs the browser plugin too. It 
is very easy to make. I have a package right here but cannot legally give 
it to you, you have to build your own. Not me, not Debian, nobody but Sun 
can distribute their Java. Which is a Bad Thing of course.

> to install the plug-in for Java in Mozilla). This didn't happened to me 
> with Macromedia Flash (it update mozilla chrome registry). This 
> Macromedia solution is for me and for the newbies the ideal one.  And I 

Macromedia's distribution policy is a bit better, but the installer 
package still has to fetch the real thing from Macromedia's site and then 
install it. It's still Bad.

> would like to see a Official / non-official repository for this ideal 
> (one step sollution ) package to download.

Sure, but it's illegal.

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Juha Siltala
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