Re: [CentOS] centos 5.2 / sun java ?
John R Pierce wrote: Heiko Adams wrote: But maybe CentOS doesn't need to redistribute those RPMS for two reasons: 1) CentOS testing already has IcedTea 6 RPMS 2) Somewhere I've read that Red Hat plans to integrate IcedTea RPMS into 5.3 agreed I dunno any enterprise Java developers who are using OpenJDK for any production work yet. sure, people are watching it to see how it comes out, but I suspect it will be a couple years yet before its considered production grade at places like where I work. Well ... that still does not make older versions of sun java redistributable :D if/when upstream rolls java into RHEL in a way that is redistributable, we will build it also for CentOS. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos 5.2 / sun java ?
Heiko Adams wrote: But maybe CentOS doesn't need to redistribute those RPMS for two reasons: 1) CentOS testing already has IcedTea 6 RPMS 2) Somewhere I've read that Red Hat plans to integrate IcedTea RPMS into 5.3 I dunno any enterprise Java developers who are using OpenJDK for any production work yet. sure, people are watching it to see how it comes out, but I suspect it will be a couple years yet before its considered production grade at places like where I work. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos 5.2 / sun java ?
Am Samstag, den 09.08.2008, 14:27 -0600 schrieb Stephen John Smoogen: > I believe those versions are not redistributable due to licenses that > IBM, BEA, SUN add to their binaries. So CentOS could not redistribute > those RPMS. > But maybe CentOS doesn't need to redistribute those RPMS for two reasons: 1) CentOS testing already has IcedTea 6 RPMS 2) Somewhere I've read that Red Hat plans to integrate IcedTea RPMS into 5.3 Regards, -- Heiko Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: Dies ist ein digital signierter Nachrichtenteil ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] centos 5.2 / sun java ?
On Sat, Aug 9, 2008 at 9:28 AM, Stephan van Hienen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Starting with rhel 5.2, Redhat provides sun java in the Supplementary > channel. > Are there any plans to release sun-java in the centos extra or plus repo ? > > Would be nice to keep sun java up to date using yum. > I believe those versions are not redistributable due to licenses that IBM, BEA, SUN add to their binaries. So CentOS could not redistribute those RPMS. -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- BSD/GNU/Linux How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice" ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
