Steve Morris wrote:
> Anssi Hannula wrote:
>> Steve Morris wrote:
>>> Anssi Hannula wrote:
>>>> Java packages are now built using icedtea by default on ix86 and
>>>> x86_64, via new java-rpmbuild virtual jdk package.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> According to my earlier post, the next planned java build changes are:
>>>>
>>>>> - split eclipse-ecj out of eclipse (debian-style) to allow
>>>>> main/contrib split
>>>>> - move rest of eclipse to contrib
>>>>> - move most of java stack to contrib, leaving only jpackage-utils,
>>>>> java-rpmbuild, gcc4.3, java-1.5.0-gcj, java-1.7.0-icedtea,
>>>>> eclipse-ecj, and a handful of dependencies to main
>>>>>
>>>>> Possibly at some point later:
>>>>> - removal of gcj aot compiling
>>> What impact does this have on external packages that will not run with
>>> iced-tea?
>> This should not have impact on those.
>>
> Sorry, I didn't explain myself properly. It appears from this post that
> there is a plan to make iced-tea the default java in the distribution.
Default java used for *building* packages. The run-time environment is
discussed in a separate thread ("Java for 2008.1"), but I don't think
we'll be switching the mandriva commercial distros from sun java for
2008.1.
> I
> know that Netbeans 6 from Sun won't even install if iced-tea is the
> running java, and eclipse 3.3 from the eclipse-foundation doesn't
> function properly if iced-tea is the running java. Hence if iced-tea is
> the default java how do we keep current in these packages?
>
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Anssi Hannula
