java again really

[Les Mikesell]

Karl Larsen wrote:

>> I'd really like to know why the jpackage project appears to have given 
>> up on fedora.  If the experts can't do it - or have reasons not to, 
>> there's not much hope for anyone else.
>>
>    I would like to know what a jpackage is. It is a project to do what? 
> Showing my lack of understanding on something important to java I expect.

http://www.jpackage.org   Don't expect to make too much sense out of it 
or to find anything for current fedora versions there. It is devoted to 
building installable linux packages for a wild assortment of 
incompatible distributions and packaging mechanisms out of what mostly 
should have been portable code in the first place.  For the supported 
distibutions, it does work well once you figure out how to install the 
part they don't include (Sun java...) with their compatibility add-on 
and get their repository added to your system.  You could then 'yum 
install' just about any java program.   However, fedora seems to want to 
live in a self-contained universe which isn't constructed yet, so there 
is nothing here for current versions.

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   Les Mikesell
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