--- Jose Gonzalez Gomez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Well, there's nothing wrong... I don't know if > you know anything > about Gentoo Linux, but in case you don't, it's a > source based linux > "metadistribution". They have a technology called > portage that > automatically downloads the source of the package > you want to install, > activates the optional features you have specified > and compiles it > optimizing it for your architecture (processor, > compiler > optimizations,...). They are trying to do the same > with Java packages. I > know this may be considered unneeded because of the > bytecode, but they > provide a few reasons you may find more or less > interesting here > (personally I think some of them are quite > interesting): > > > http://gentoo-wiki.com/Why_Build_Java_Code_From_Source
well, reasons are valid. but there is a vast amount of dependencies - do they like to rebuikld everything? of course we can produce source distributions - just file issue in generama/xdoclet/xdoclet-plugins jira ( jira.codehaus.org ) so we do not forget it... regards, ===== ----[ Konstantin Pribluda ( ko5tik ) ]---------------- ... Sucht gerade nach neuen Projekt oder Festanstelung.... Plugins for xdoclet-2 are released. check it out at: http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/xdoclet-plugins/ ----[ http://www.pribluda.de ]------------------------ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ _______________________________________________ xdoclet-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xdoclet-user
