* Matthew Garrett: >> I think it's not acceptable to yse pregenerated files to prevent >> software from entering contrib. (Look at all the Java programs, for >> instance.) If there's a povray dependency, the software cannot be >> included in main. > > Yes, but *WHY* do you think that?
It makes it very hard to fix bugs in the pregenerated files. Look at the gsfonts mess, it's pretty instructive. > If there existed reasonable ways of modifying Java bytecode to create > new derivative works, then I'd have fewer qualms about shipping Java > bytecode without a compiler. But there aren't, so I do. >From a technical point of view, Java bytecode is as good as uncommented source code. The Java-to-bytecode compilers are not very sophisticated. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]