I am sorry, I actually misunderstood the question. But even in Universe, we would still have upstream developers, this is not that bad. I also never rely on release packages, since these are mostly outdated. I just download postgresql, compile it, and usually end up with a mixture of packages maintained by distribution, or repository, and those I pick up directly from upstream. This also has a benefit that this environment is distro independet, and can be easy moved form Ubuntu to Gentoo, Slackware, or even OpenBSD.
On Tue, Jan 21, 2014 at 7:16 PM, James Page <james.p...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > Hi Folks > > The first round of seed review changes have now been applied to the > server seeds; quite a few bits have dropped out of main and the size > of the server ISO has reduced! > > Next - the foundations team have been reviewing whether we should > continue to provide OpenJDK as the default Java implementation in > Ubuntu; this package is quite a resource drain on both the foundations > and security teams from a SRU perspective so demotion of openjdk7 to > universe is being considered. > > Most Java-ish things in main can be built using gcj; however Tomcat7 > is not going to work with gcj so would end up being demoted as well. > > What do people think to this plan? Are OpenJDK and Tomcat7 important > packages for Ubuntu users? Will not having a well supported OpenJDK > implementation in Ubuntu main discourage people from using Ubuntu to > host their Java based applications? Or do users still just use the > Oracle Java downloads instead and ignore what Ubuntu provides? > > Let me know what you think... > > Cheers > > James > > - -- > James Page > Ubuntu and Debian Developer > james.p...@ubuntu.com > jamesp...@debian.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJS3rl4AAoJEL/srsug59jDRJ8P/jPv6J8oHhjq07XB6EFMJRL7 > Fli5bqbtNeH+hrZbqVBtvvj7C1+4fKpDB8ZHplNK8SYpv5MEmoiqhDm48deB3Lco > 4tWt7BF5iLa8xdNG4RWwWNiGeLhvL6lKpAEYZEygVvoRs9WvTzAZ9GGipBg/Y0d+ > fVvYUshKss+AckS8pk4GKmbGcYTw7tpPyLa9+DjubDLpcLnRgDouvWRTpm51P9Hu > gJHhktrzQIHDVVBaXJfyQIV7Iv/M0SIHgeWQTX2SkAKaOh38qYoDVmUFseGDNiez > v139UjILwqBS+Ods9oULTn55pujgkkgO56Z0TGOtf2qMJoJ9OdL61aCys4e/sW7c > wqZapvVVS0vGyAiCUoezTdh11v4hq6c9lNBkZyV75936LPCoNTl8JVDeHTle2ZHO > WSZE+hgnsS/ZB4b54+osF6Guaa4m7irUA3but9XNfi/+3nCZx+d06+z4GRKwmQii > 8EvdronhYJ8U7NzoJXXZpXcrEQ2lRJz2Hh4bozGqvtx27mq2bdrPSFcscjb/Qxz/ > ebHcfEUoLrWWSyFXpJXKIV1FTwOCb1O7/yZrka9YR2DQno2vMOlWkadHkrCUqYF4 > 4dLcRteYy/8sLP2X8q/tcm77ed66pbYBPicbVlrjo8iGqRwPZJWnRtQeiF8VnvZr > LU1DSuFkmfioCAZEorVf > =N8o8 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > ubuntu-devel mailing list > ubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel >
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