On Tue, Mar 29, 2005 at 01:37:58AM +0200, Philipp Hug wrote: > Why don't we optionally compile the jars when the package is installed on the > users machine? > This would save a lot of archive space. > it would take longer to install java packages if you have this option > enabled, > but as it is up to the user to enable precompilation, this shouldn't be a > problem. > > > When these .so files are present (in the correct location, > > registered with the correct mechanism) gij will load them automatically > > and use them in the place of the corresponding .jar file. > this is very good, as it doesn't need the packages to be changed to use the > native libaries... > > does this sound reasonable? if yes, I'll try to hack some debhelper scripts > that do the magic...
As discussed earlier this is a huge task with no clear benefit. We have to solve some issues before we can even consider doing it: We need GCJ 4.0 in unstable and someone needs to make performance tests to proof this gains anything at all. For more reasons see earlier threads. Michel -- Homepage: http://www.worldforge.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
