From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1GDRKh-0003qN-MW for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:45:44 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k7GJiDYV024788; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:44:13 GMT Received: from lennier.cc.vt.edu (lennier.cc.vt.edu [198.82.162.213]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k7GJf7PQ031628 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 19:41:07 GMT Received: from vivi.cc.vt.edu (IDENT:mirapoint@evil-vivi.cc.vt.edu [10.1.1.12]) by lennier.cc.vt.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k7GJaLxU015866 for ; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:41:05 -0400 Received: from [128.173.184.73] (gs4073.geos.vt.edu [128.173.184.73]) by vivi.cc.vt.edu (MOS 3.8.0-FCS) with ESMTP id FYT80472; Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:41:06 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <44E374D0.4030403@gentoo.org> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:41:04 -0400 From: "Stephen P. Becker" User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (X11/20060803) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] User support system [WAS: Sunrise contemplations] References: <1154366720.17142.126.camel@rivendell> <20060801082153.GC29200@eric.schwarzvogel.de> <20060801132906.2b215a5c@epia.jeroenr-c2.orkz.net> <7c612fc60608010551w19780817ra1c1296f469ea135@mail.gmail.com> <20060816105203.GA13586@nibiru.local> <20060816092730.aae293d4.tcort@gentoo.org> <20060816161124.GH13586@nibiru.local> <4a64cf400608161037m796b1025lf1d78d3942849ace@mail.gmail.com> <20060816182213.GA552@nibiru.local> <44E3649C.3040100@gentoo.org> <20060816192939.GC552@nibiru.local> In-Reply-To: <20060816192939.GC552@nibiru.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 4b3071a9-eeee-4ece-8a5b-16c373770b7d X-Archives-Hash: 3ed855326efae314a8c3e52863bb8fa0 > Well, I don't see the current lack of an proper java runtime > on certain platforms an real blocker for some additional tool. Uhh...I'm not even sure what I can say in response to such an asinine statement. > Java generally is designed for a very wide range of platforms > and architectures. If some major archs are missing an proper > java implementation, then it's a bug, which sooner or later > will be fixed. Reading that almost made me spit water all over my keyboard... -Steve -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list