Bug#290377: classpath-common: why don't you provide a jar archive ?

2005-01-27 Thread Stephen Crawley
> Do all classpath VMs have native code to load jar files? Does it make > sense to distribute a jar instead? Kissme doesn't. It delegates loading from JAR files to Java code, which could be problematic during the boostrap sequence. I've no problems with Classpath using ./configure parameters to

Bug#290377: classpath-common: why don't you provide a jar archive ?

2005-01-17 Thread C. Brian Jones
On Mon, 2005-01-17 at 07:05, Michael Koch wrote: > Am Montag, 17. Januar 2005 07:45 schrieb jewel: > > Welcome back, John. > > > Do all classpath VMs have native code to load jar files? Does it > > make sense to distribute a jar instead? > > The ones the don't have the code to load jars can inst

Bug#290377: classpath-common: why don't you provide a jar archive ?

2005-01-17 Thread Michael Koch
Am Montag, 17. Januar 2005 07:45 schrieb jewel: Welcome back, John. > Do all classpath VMs have native code to load jar files? Does it > make sense to distribute a jar instead? The ones the don't have the code to load jars can install classes instead of glibj.zip. A JAR is basically a ZIP. The

Bug#290377: classpath-common: why don't you provide a jar archive ?

2005-01-17 Thread jewel
Do all classpath VMs have native code to load jar files? Does it make sense to distribute a jar instead? John Leuner On Fri, 2005-01-14 at 03:13, Vincent Fourmond wrote: > Package: classpath-common > Version: 2:0.13-3 > Severity: wishlist > > > Hello ! > > I was wondering why you don't pro

Bug#290377: classpath-common: why don't you provide a jar archive ?

2005-01-13 Thread Vincent Fourmond
Package: classpath-common Version: 2:0.13-3 Severity: wishlist Hello ! I was wondering why you don't provide a jar archive ? It seems to me that it is the standard way of providing libraries in java - not all of the JVM recognise directly a zip file... Thanks for considering this !