[fedora-java] Re: Fedora Core 5 Wishlist

[Andrew Haley]

David Walluck writes:
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 > Gary Benson wrote:
 > > Couldn't have said it better myself.  The only reason people are
 > > starting to get strange mixes of packages is that Fedora has lagged
 > > JPackage because there's not presently the manpower to keep them
 > > level.
 > 
 > There's no guarantee of this and, in fact, it is quite likely that
 > jpackage versions will supercede FC4 versions (except there isn't
 > much jpackage manpower right now, either). That is, unless you were
 > to bump the epoch on every FC4 package as was done with eclipse
 > (why the special case here I am not sure).
 > 
 > On the other hand, people want more compatibility. And I want less
 > (ideally no) duplication. So I would again ask for some policy that
 > separates native libs from the jars. Or at least maybe someone is
 > willing to put some real thought into it rather than dismissing it
 > outright.

No-one is doing that.  A great deal of real thought has been put into
this issue, and will continue to be.

Andrew.