John Sonnenschein wrote: > > On 2-Jul-07, at 8:01 AM, Ian Murdock wrote: > >> Glynn Foster wrote: >>> Doug Scott wrote: >>>>> Glynn Foster wrote: >>>>>> Hey, >>>>> Languages >>>>> ========= >>>>> Specific Runtimes >>>>> o C/C++, Perl (5.8.4+), Python (2.5+) >>>> Are you excluding Java? >>> Preferably - it's a pretty huge component, so if I could avoid its >>> dependency, >>> then I'd like to see it punted to the network repository. >> >> Java needs to be in the core so that developers targeting Solaris, >> OpenSolaris, and OpenSolaris-derived distributions know with certainty >> that it is present. Same goes for Perl and Python. Indeed, this is a big >> part of why Java was open sourced--so it could get baked into the Linux >> distros, ending the need for developers to work around the uncertainty >> of whether or not it would be there (and, if so, which version was >> there etc.). This is also why the Linux Standard Base is in the >> process of adding Perl and Python to the next version (so that >> the Linux distros can have some common baseline) and why Sun is >> actively engaging with the LSB to ensure Java gets in as well. > > and why do we care? > > we're pushing /opensolaris/, NOT java... java's sun's other product.
Because Java Rock's!. The only problem has been in the past that Sun write some of the worst Java apps. Have you un-installed it of the systems you use? Doug P.S. If you don't like Sun then why do you use Solaris? _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
