[fedora-java] Re: FC5 release notes for java

Ian Pilcher i.pilcher at comcast.net
Wed Feb 1 23:13:10 UTC 2006


Anthony Green wrote:
> * A note about the JPackage Project RPM repository.  Fedora Core
> includes many packages derived from the excellent JPackage Project.
> These packages have been forked to remove non-free software dependencies
> and to make use of GCJ's ahead-of-time compilation feature.  Fedora
> users should use the Fedora repositories for updates to these packages,
> and the JPackage repository for packages not provided by Fedora.

At the very least, it need to clearly state that blindly adding the
JPackage repo to one's yum configuration can have "bad consequences".

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Ian Pilcher                                        i.pilcher at comcast.net
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