Ainsi parlait Charlie :
> Why Kaffe ? Why not blakdown.org JDK ?
>
> Kaffe is very limited. It cannot run many things, like visualroute
> (visualware.com) for example. blackdown jdk/jre runs everything and is
> opensource too.
False. Just read included license file. It begins with:
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Binary Code License Agreement
> Blakdown JDK would be *complete* opensource java on every MDK box.
>
> So why do you include a limited thing when you can have the real one ?
All 'complete' (IBM, Sun and Blackdown) java JVM use parts licensed by Sun.
Free JVM (kaffe, japhar, ?) use totally independant code, but are far from
complete.
> Also, I didn't install Kaffe. But then there are dependencies when I
> install wizards, etc... So, I now have 2 versions of java on my system
> because if I want something that works I need blackdown too. To do the same
> thing ? This takes a lot of place on the system.
Most serious java developper have also Sun & IBM, which are really bigger,
just for testing compatibility purpose.
If you want to get rid of kaffe, uninstall it, then either use --nodeps at
each package installation, or use such a /etc/rpmrc file:
Provides: kaffe
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If you are interested by java software, you'll find many mandrake rpms on
jpackage project page: http://jpackage.sourceforge.net/packages.php
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