[Fedora-packaging] Exception for JPackage

Ralf Corsepius rc040203 at freenet.de
Wed Jan 31 17:27:27 UTC 2007


On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 10:12 -0600, Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:
> On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 17:30 -0800, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 18:40 -0600, Tom 'spot' Callaway wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 18:17 -0600, Jason L Tibbitts III wrote:
> > > > >>>>> "TC" == Tom 'spot' Callaway <tcallawa at redhat.com> writes:
> > > > 
> > > > TC> This exception documents how Java packages which come from
> > > > TC> JPackage are to be handled, and paves the way for the eventual
> > > > TC> removal of the jpp tag.
> > > > 
> > > > I have no problem with granting the exception, but I do think the
> > > > definition of the exception should include a explicitly state the
> > > > conditions under which it will go away.
> > > > 
> > > > The linked document has rationale and ideas for things to be added to
> > > > rpm and yum under the "Proposal" section, but there's no clear
> > > > statement of just how long the exception is to be granted.  (Perhaps
> > > > it's intended to be permanent; it's just not clear from the document.)
> > > 
> > > Unfortunately, the exception will be permanent for the Java packages
> > > from JPackage. The exception will be modified when we can safely drop
> > > the jpp tag from Fedora.
> > 
> > Err.. If you mean "permanent for the Java packages *in* JPackage" then
> > I'm still okay with the proposal.  Otherwise I'm changing my vote....
> 
> The Java packages in Fedora which originally come from the JPackage repo
> are the only packages which fall under this exception. And those
> packages will always fall under this exception, forever and ever, amen
> (or until something dramatic changes).

So Fedora will never have java packages of its own and depend on jpp?

If so, fedora seems to be missing it's objectives, as it seems to me?

Ralf





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