On Tue Feb 24 2015 at 2:23:26 AM Andreas Tille <andr...@an3as.eu> wrote:
> Hi Michael, > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:37:43PM +0000, Michael Crusoe wrote: > > > To explain the problem: We need to build the package in the main > > > universe and the build-dependency libcolt-java is missing there. I > > > tried to simply drop this build-dependency (+libjai-core-java) and > > > looked what happened. I tried this approach and it might be possible > > > with some heavier patching but the very simple try failed. > > > > > > BTW, the situation is even worse since libjai-core-java is non-free and > > > previous discussion have shown that chances are close to zero to get > > > this old SUN code freed. There were some opinions raised that there > are > > > better imaging libraries which could replace JAI but my question to > more > > > details were not answered. > > > > > > > > Okay. I'll split the source packages. Shall I assume that colt is going > to > > end up in main? > > I admit that I became optimistic after the latest discussion, that we > have good chances to see libcolt-java in main in a sensible time frame > (3-6 monthes ??). I'm definitely not sure about libjai-core-java. Do > You see chances to extract this dependency as well? > Ah, okay. I'll keep the libcolt-java on the contrib side. I have no plans on finding a Free replacement for libjai-core-java; related classes will also be part of the libjung-contrib-java source and binary package.
