Re: Bug#212863: new java policy: ok or not?

2003-10-15 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 18:04:32 +0200 Jan Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hallo Arnaud, Hallo Jan, > * Arnaud Vandyck wrote: > >Same for me, wait until sarge is out and let's restart the discussions > >about a new policy. > > Sorry, but that was exactly the reply I was *not* hoping for. IMO

Bug#212863: new java policy: ok or not?

2003-10-15 Thread T. Alexander Popiel
In message: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jan Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [a minor rant about how there's not much progress on Java in Debian] I don't anything particularly useful to reply to the points that Jan makes, largely because I've given up on Java per se as part of Debian. The

Re: Bug#212863: new java policy: ok or not?

2003-10-15 Thread Ricky Clarkson
Hi, Maybe it would be a good idea to have different policies for different levels of stability in Debian, i.e., different releases. Then we could happily discuss and implement these new policies in sid without worrying about sarge. Sorry if this is a stupid, naive email, but that's what I'm here

Re: Bug#212863: new java policy: ok or not?

2003-10-15 Thread Jan Schulz
Hallo Stefan, only to the list... * Stefan Gybas wrote: >I also suggest to handle it this way. However, I think we can still make >small changes to the Java Policy before sarge's release, e.g. remove the >possibility to put Java classes in /usr/bin/ (using binfmt_misc). This >would not affect

Bug#212863: new java policy: ok or not?

2003-10-15 Thread Jan Schulz
Hallo Arnaud, * Arnaud Vandyck wrote: >Same for me, wait until sarge is out and let's restart the discussions >about a new policy. Sorry, but that was exactly the reply I was *not* hoping for. IMO there is enough discussion and the whole thing needs some testing. I'm also willing to write most

Re: Problems building and running xnap with free-java-sdk

2003-10-15 Thread Emanuele Rocca
Il mar, 2003-10-14 alle 20:14, E.L. Willighagen (Egon) ha scritto: > On Tuesday 14 October 2003 15:03, Emanuele Rocca wrote: [...] > > For what concerns the build step, I found that with software provided by > > free-java-sdk and the CLASSPATH environment variable set to > > "/usr/share/sablevm/cla

Re: Bug#212863: new java policy: ok or not?

2003-10-15 Thread Stefan Gybas
Arnaud Vandyck wrote: Same for me, wait until sarge is out and let's restart the discussions about a new policy. I also suggest to handle it this way. However, I think we can still make small changes to the Java Policy before sarge's release, e.g. remove the possibility to put Java classes in

Re: Bug#212863: new java policy: ok or not?

2003-10-15 Thread Arnaud Vandyck
Same for me, wait until sarge is out and let's restart the discussions about a new policy. On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 12:21:37 +1000 Ben Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. > > > There seems to be no more questions, but unfortunatelly nonone has > > said something like 'do it' or 'file bugs wi

Bug#212863: new java policy: ok or not?

2003-10-15 Thread Jan Schulz
Hallo Ben, * Ben Burton wrote: >My only comment is that since sarge is purportedly so close to freeze >and since this is more or less a complete policy rewrite, I think we >should keep current java policy until after sarge. Yes, thats sensible :) Anyway, as I stated, I can't see a problem in