Le 06/01/2011 18:43, Daniel Kreuter a écrit : > > Am Donnerstag, 6. Januar 2011, um 18:39:14 schrieb Michael Scherer: >> Le jeudi 06 janvier 2011 à 18:11 +0100, Renaud MICHEL a écrit : >>> Hello, >>> I am still a padawan packager, but I plan to work on java packages. >>> >>> On jeudi 06 janvier 2011 at 15:18, Daniel Kreuter wrote : >>>> i'm working on http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Java_Packaging_Policy that >>>> policy. On mandriva wiki it's marked as obsolete and while reading >>>> over it it seems that it's not needed in Mageia because we could use >>>> the openjdk instead of ejc or gcj. >>>> >>>> What do you think? >>> >>> That page is clearly outdated, but I think it would be good to have an >>> up- to-date java policy for Mageia. >>> >>> I think the main focus should now be openjdk, and gcj should be optional. >> >> Why include gcj in fact ? > > because some guys use gcj instead of the default jdk or the open jdk > > What packages require gcj ? Tux guitar ? Gcj is obsolete, it supports only Java 1.4 and some stuff of 1.5, it has not been updated since september 2009. Therefore I think it is better to put effort on openjdk/icedtea and Oracle jdk policies rather than gcj
My 2 cents. Farfouille
