> Svetoslav Slavtchev wrote: >>>The new 9.2 contribs jpackage directory, specifically: >>> >>>rsync rsync://ftp.sunet.se:873/Mandrake/9.2/contrib/jpackage/i586/ >>> >>>contains 415 noarch RPMs of the form: >>> >>>adaptx-0.9.6-1jpp.noarch.rpm >>> >>>placed there by the JPackage (David Walluck) project.
David Walluck is just one of the contributors, Guillaume Rousse is also a large contributor. >>>What is this JPackage project? >> >> J[ava related] Packages :-) > > How clever you are! (NOT!) ??? You asked the question. It's really polite to be sarcastic to someone who answered it (NOT!). >>>Does it have a web site and mailing lists? >> >> have you tried http://jpackage.org ? > > Yes - it appears that the new 9.2/contribs/jpackage tree is a list of > some 415 available Java applications, which is a great idea! > > But nowhere from MandrakeSoft do I see any indication whether 9.2 as > installed includes Java support and if not what are the recommended RPMs > to add Java support. Mandrake has shipped with Java support for a long time. Just not in the download edition. you will notice from the comparison page (http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/92/comparison) that only ProSuite ships with JPackage, and I would guess it ships with jpackage-compatible java packages. However, it doesn't seem the packages on Club are suitable (http://rpms.mandrakeclub.com/rpms/MandrakeClub/comm/9.2/i586/j2re-1.4.2_01-1mdk.i586.html). Anyway, JPackage packages really want to be used with JPackage-compatible Java RPMs, so you may want to try rebuilding one of the .nosrc.rpm's (I hope this isn't necessary on ProSuite). You will also notice (on the same page) all the commercial releases ship with j2re/j2sdk packages. > >>>What is the modus operandum necessary for us to make use of >>> appropriate ones of these RPMs to achieve Java operability in >>> Mandrake 9.2? Either use the Java packages from the Club, or from one of the boxed sets, and then use urpmi >>> >>>Whats' it all about, please? >>> >>>Is this directory a new medium (NOT ?media?! ugh!) for urpmi? If >>> so, what do we install? >> Whatever you want. Maybe you have heard of projects like JEdit, Eclipse, tomcat, ant etc. If you want to install them, you most likely already know what they are. >> >> check the url > > I suspect the answer should have been ¨Yes¨, but none of the jpackage > RPMs include any summary text in their RPM, so how are we to know what > each is and whether we might need it? Are you sure you checked them all??? I think you must have missed at least a few ... it looks like on average they have about 3 lines of desciption each: Of course, if you want better descriptions, I am sure JPackage will take patches ... Regards, Buchan
