Re: RFC: JVM Registry

2001-09-12 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Wednesday 12 September 2001 17:30, Ben Burton wrote: > > What about using XML instead? > > The initial reason for suggesting plain text was that (1) it seemed like > it would handle the task well enough, i.e. I didn't see a natural tree > structure on the data, and (2) it's easier to inspect and

Re: RFC: JVM Registry

2001-09-12 Thread Ben Burton
> What about using XML instead? The initial reason for suggesting plain text was that (1) it seemed like it would handle the task well enough, i.e. I didn't see a natural tree structure on the data, and (2) it's easier to inspect and edit by hand. Having said that, I'm personally not fussed in t

Re: RFC: JVM Registry

2001-09-12 Thread nils
[ snip ] > The file will look similar to a debian control file; for > example: [ snip ] What about using XML instead? /Nils

Re: RFC: JVM Registry

2001-09-12 Thread Ben Burton
> First: certain programs not running with certain JVMs. This can be > addressed a lot quicker by simply having those packages either Conflicts: > with that JVM package... Not true. You can have several JVMs installed at once; having BadJVM installed doesn't stop me from using FunkyApp with Goo

Re: RFC: JVM Registry

2001-09-12 Thread Egon Willighagen
On Wednesday 12 September 2001 17:30, Ben Burton wrote: > > What about using XML instead? > > The initial reason for suggesting plain text was that (1) it seemed like > it would handle the task well enough, i.e. I didn't see a natural tree > structure on the data, and (2) it's easier to inspect an

Re: RFC: JVM Registry

2001-09-12 Thread Ben Burton
> What about using XML instead? The initial reason for suggesting plain text was that (1) it seemed like it would handle the task well enough, i.e. I didn't see a natural tree structure on the data, and (2) it's easier to inspect and edit by hand. Having said that, I'm personally not fussed in

Re: RFC: JVM Registry

2001-09-12 Thread nils
[ snip ] > The file will look similar to a debian control file; for > example: [ snip ] What about using XML instead? /Nils -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: RFC: JVM Registry

2001-09-12 Thread Ben Burton
> First: certain programs not running with certain JVMs. This can be > addressed a lot quicker by simply having those packages either Conflicts: > with that JVM package... Not true. You can have several JVMs installed at once; having BadJVM installed doesn't stop me from using FunkyApp with Go

Re: RFC: JVM Registry

2001-09-12 Thread Eric Schwartz
On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 02:35:41PM -0500, Ben Burton wrote: > So. What I propose is to create a JVM registry. Alarm bells start going off when I hear "registry". Not knee-jerk "registries much suck 'coz M$ does 'em", but bells nonetheless. This seems like way too heavy-duty a solution for the