Multilib Middle-Ground

[Les Mikesell]

Rahul Sundaram wrote:
> Les Mikesell wrote:
> 
>  In fact, I don't
>> see any reason any java code needs to be specialized for a 
>> distribution or included in its own repository.  Why not just make 
>> fedora work with an external repo for java that works across 
>> distributions/versions and avoid the issue entirely instead of 
>> shipping something that isn't quite java?  Even when a real java can 
>> be included, what is the point of having specialized distro/version 
>> packages of the apps that don't need specialization?
> 
> There is no "specialization" usually necessary for including software in 
> the repository.

Why does jpackage.org have all those separate repository entries for 
different distros/versions if they could all be the same?

> Fedora avoids specialization by being close to upstream 
> usually. Relying on a external repository for Java would mean that we 
> can't include any Java programs within Fedora.

I'm very agnostic about where something comes from.  Why should anyone 
care about that?

> Parts of Openoffice.org, 
> Eclipse and dozens of programs were introduced into the repository 
> because of the work that went into GCJ, classpath etc and even OpenJDK 
> has benefited from that now.

Being 'introduced to your repository' isn't particularly interesting to 
me.  I'd much prefer to not be trapped by what happens to fit your 
policy this week.  Why not include the config for the jpackage repo and 
let yum sort out where things come from?

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   Les Mikesell
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