On Monday 31 October 2005 05:28, Dalibor Topic wrote: > Marc Petit-Huguenin wrote: > > Dalibor Topic wrote: > > > >>>Marcin Dbicki wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Can someone explain me why Eclipse depends on gij not > >>>>java-virtual-machine > >>>>or java-runtime. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>In order to move into main, eclipse needs to build and run with free > >>>software in main. gcj/gij are in main, the proprietary software you > >>>mentioned is not. > > > > > > How a virtual package can be considered, as you said, as a prorietary > > software? > > > > http://www.debian.org/doc/packaging-manuals/virtual-package-names-list.txt > > You mentioned Sun's and Blackdown's VMs, which are proprietary, so > unfortunately they can't be used for the packaging task to move eclipse > into main. > > The packagers used a specific free runtime to make the eclipse package > build and work, so they made that runtime specifically part of the > dependencies, as that's a configuration the packagers can focus on to > support. > > You are most welcome to contribute, and help improve the eclipse packages.
This does _not_ make a lot of sense. It would make much more sense to suggest gcj/gij and depend on java-virtual-machine. This leaves it up the the user to decide if he can use a non-free jvm. I my case many of the apps I use (non-debian) fail with the free jvms. In short this type of depends is, IMO a bug. It will force me, and many others, to bypass the packaging system, which is usually a bad idea. Ed Tomlinson -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
