[Mageia-dev] Adding Java-Policy

Thu Jan 6 20:47:18 CET 2011

Le 06/01/2011 18:43, Daniel Kreuter a écrit :
+> 
+> Am Donnerstag, 6. Januar 2011, um 18:39:14 schrieb Michael Scherer:
+>> Le jeudi 06 janvier 2011 à 18:11 +0100, Renaud MICHEL a écrit :
+>>> Hello,
+>>> I am still a padawan packager, but I plan to work on java packages.
+>>>
+>>> On jeudi 06 janvier 2011 at 15:18, Daniel Kreuter wrote :
+>>>> i'm working on http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Java_Packaging_Policy that
+>>>> policy.  On mandriva wiki it's marked as obsolete and while reading
+>>>> over it it seems that it's not needed in Mageia because we could use
+>>>> the openjdk instead of ejc or gcj.
+>>>>
+>>>> What do you think?
+>>>
+>>> That page is clearly outdated, but I think it would be good to have an
+>>> up- to-date java policy for Mageia.
+>>>
+>>> I think the main focus should now be openjdk, and gcj should be optional.
+>>
+>> Why include gcj in fact ?
+> 
+> because some guys use gcj instead of the default jdk or the open jdk
+> 
+> 
+What packages require gcj ? Tux guitar ?
+Gcj is obsolete, it supports only Java 1.4 and some stuff of 1.5, it has not been updated since september 2009.
+Therefore I think it is better to put effort on openjdk/icedtea and Oracle jdk policies rather than gcj
+
+My 2 cents.
+
+Farfouille
+