On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, Richard Stallman wrote: > It will > likely help that FSF now appears to endorse free Java use (we were using > Blackdown anyway as an intermediate step so, assuming it is OK for the > final software package, this could speed things up quite a bit). > > We do endorse using Java as long as the code will run on a free Java > platform. But it is very risky to use Blackdown for development, > because you can use Sun-only fatures that free software won't support, > and you won't even realize it.
Is there anyone in FSF/gnu who could give me some idea what "Sun only" features are included in/tied into Blackdown. I presume you are thinking of imported libraries or something which we don't actually need. > > Do you see the problem? > Yes, it would be a problem if any part were proprietary. Not clear yet that this would be so, that we would not know, or could not avoid the problem(s). d. _______________________________________________ Savannah-hackers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/savannah-hackers
