Mike Goldman writes: > On the negative side, it appears that Jikes depends upon JDK, which is > presently non-free. Therefore Jikes would have to go into contrib > instead of main, if I understand policy correctly.
You do. > These are made by running the source file java.g through a program called > jikespg, which in turn is binary-only available (but free for download). > I am not sure of the policy implications of this, three of the four are > easily user-modifiable, but javadcl.h is probably not as a practical > matter. Should this be treated as a non-free dependency, or does it > render the whole package non-free? I think it is just another reason to put it in contrib. Any chance of getting IBM to free jikespg? -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI
