ok, as no further objections but javamail (which will stay) came, I will go forward with dropping the following packages: tomcat5 (replaced by tomcat55) jonas* avalon* jai java-1_4_2-sun* jaf jta jmx
Thanks a lot for the javamail input, Best regards, Daniel > Hi. > In 10.3, regarding Java, we want to do the following changes: > > - tomcat5 will be replaced by tomcat55 > - we have jboss and geronimo already ... our jonas package is outdated > anyways ... thus, dropping: > jonas > jonas-client > jonas-docs > jonas-examples > > - the avalon framework does not exist anymore ... dropping: > avalon-framework > avalon-framework-javadoc > avalon-framework-manual > > > In order to clean openSUSE from non-oss packages, we want to do the > following changes: > > > - jai has strict licensing ... if there are no strong objections we would > like to drop this package. > > - java-1.4.2-sun will be dropped, versions 1.5.0, 1.6.0 (DLJ licensed) and > gcj-compat 1.4.2 will be included. The DLJ-license is a special lincense > that was introduced by Sun in 2006 for re-distributors of Sun Java (see > http://download.java.net/dlj/DLJ-FAQ.html). It's less strict and more > precise on what is allowed and what is not regarding the re-distribution. > Apart from that, nothing visible will change for the users -- Sun Java will > still be in the openSUSE non-oss section. > > - the following packages will be replaced by gnu-javamail which has an open > source license: > javamail > javamail-demo > javamail-javadoc > javamail-manual > javamail-monolithic > > - the following packages will be replaced by gnu-jaf which has an open > source license:: > jaf > jaf-demo > jaf-javadoc > jaf-manual > > - the following packages will be replaced by classpath-jta which has an > open source license: > jta > jta-javadoc > > > - the following packages will be replaced by mx4j which has an open > source license: > jmx > jmx-javadoc > > The packages that get dropped due to their licenses are usually licensed > with the Sun Binary license which is not really the type of license we want > to include in openSUSE if free oss counterparts are available. > > Any thoughts and comments on this are very welcome :) > > Regards, > Daniel > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ------------------------------------- SUSE LINUX Products GmbH - Nürnberg - AG Nürnberg - HRB 16746 - GF: Markus Rex ------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
