2008/1/5, Paul Wise <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Dec 29, 2007 6:04 PM, Arnaud Vandyck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > Icedtea/OpenJDK will only solve the move to main for x86 and x64 > > arches. There is a port from Gary Benson on PowerPC (only in > > interpreter mode at the moment and it's barely usable for applications > > like eclipse) but AFAIK Icedtea/OpenJDK will not run on other arches > > (maybe it can run on sparc but I'm not sure). > > IMO main/contrib is a separate issue to portability. There are plenty > of packages in main that only work on one architecture or a few of > them.
Java apps are arch: all. How do you move "fop" (which is arch: all) to main on x86 only? I think it'd be a problem. I can't imagine Debian to distribute java package in main only for x86 and the same packages in contrib for other arches! > The powerpc work seems to be released now BTW: > > http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2008-January/000821.html Maybe you did not read my mail: > > [...] There is a port from Gary Benson on PowerPC (only in > > interpreter mode at the moment and it's barely usable for applications > > like eclipse) [...] I already have this build on my PowerBook G4 and as I said, it's barely usable. It works for a lot of things (but I haven't been able to open a java class in the Eclipse editor) and it's very slow (fast to start but then, it's very slow). It's because OpenJDK has no JIT at the moment. Cheers, -- Arnaud Vandyck -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]