Re: gcj and etch freeze

2006-08-19 Thread Matthias Klose
gcj-4.1 in experimental is not just about gcjwebplugin; it contains a backport of a classpath-0.92 prerelease and gcj from the current trunk. it's this upgrade which makes gcj interesting for etch. If we do want to include, it has to be tested with packages currently depending on it (packages

Re: Anyone packaging classpath 0.92?

2006-08-19 Thread Michael Koch
On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 07:19:44PM +0530, ??? [??] (Praveen) ??? [???] (A) wrote: Hi, I am too keen to try out jboss on classpth 0.92. Anyone working on the packaging? It would be great if we can have it go to etch. Expect it today or tomorrow in

Java policy change proposal: runtime/compiler selection

2006-08-19 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
Hi, Currently, there is update-java-alternatives in java-common to manage the various java commands and how they refer to which implementation. People can however ignore it and update-alternatives themselves, things can get out-of-sync, and how to set priorities is unclear and not easy to decide

Re: Java policy change proposal: runtime/compiler selection

2006-08-19 Thread Matthias Klose
Jeroen van Wolffelaar writes: and how to set priorities is unclear and not easy to decide on. IIRC that we decided on the priorities. See http://lists.debian.org/debian-java/2006/05/threads.html In the current Debian Java policy, java libraries are required to properly document how to modify

Re: gcj and etch freeze

2006-08-19 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 02:39:15PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: Steve Langasek writes: On Sat, Aug 19, 2006 at 11:42:03AM +0200, Robert Millan wrote: It's a little weird. The package that puts the plugin into firefox dir (via symlink) is java-gcj-compat-plugin, but gcjwebplugin-4.1