On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Leslie P. Polzer <s...@viridian-project.de> wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > Rorschach has asked me to bring the discussion at > > http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=2033 > > to this mailing list. > > Please help us find a consensus. > > > My answer to his last question is: > > --- > Let them install openjdk6 to provide the j2sdk dependency. > > It's not the Arch philosophy to cut on freedom of choice. > > By forcing a user to use either a free or proprietary alternative > of a PROVIDES we ignore the purpose of this clause (i.e. > providing freedom of choice). > --- > > Moreover I don't really see what's controversial here. > > I'm a free software supporter myself, but I don't like > forcing people to use it. > > provides=j2sdk is the way that will hurt no party. > > Thanks, > > Leslie > > -- > LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/polzer > Xing Profile: https://www.xing.com/profile/LeslieP_Polzer > Blog: http://blog.viridian-project.de/ > >
let it depend on java-environment. This is both provided by openjdk6 and the sun jdk package. Ronald