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 1Fvnsh-00078z-7U for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:11:55 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k5T4AXTc010630; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:10:33 GMT Received: from mail.tassoneent.com (tassoneent.com [64.34.163.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5T4AW24020318 for ; Thu, 29 Jun 2006 04:10:32 GMT Received: from [172.21.3.102] (adsl-63-200-91-249.dsl.scrm01.pacbell.net [63.200.91.249]) by mail.tassoneent.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F43BCADA2 for ; Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:10:31 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-java] Questions about packages From: Greg Tassone To: gentoo-java@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <200606290312.k5T3CkWq007491@douglas.highley-recommended.com> References: <200606290312.k5T3CkWq007491@douglas.highley-recommended.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-5WYkPeMsiv1SlJD+4j1T" Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:10:37 -0700 Message-Id: <1151554237.8378.19.camel@greg.tassoneent.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-java@gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.2.1 X-Archives-Salt: 6be035da-2c74-4f2b-8a70-c26f6f24732e X-Archives-Hash: 0c5407c95ee2d309a8686868b1ed999c --=-5WYkPeMsiv1SlJD+4j1T Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Disclaimer: I had to read your message a few times before I realized your particular misunderstanding. Here goes... On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 20:12 -0700, David Highley wrote: > I have some generic questions about the gentoo Java packages. First I > wonder why you would package Sun's Java for x86 and x86_64 platforms > since it can be down loaded from Sun. Gentoo does not generally build *new* source distributions for the software packages of others, but repackages existing distributions to build properly/cleanly on the Gentoo platform. In other words, since Sun's JRE and JDK packages are released as binaries, Gentoo packages them as binaries. If/when Sun releases the sources for their runtime under a different licensing model I'm sure you will see such a source distribution (current Sun licensing and distribution policies don't easily allow for this). > Second question is why I do not see any apparent attempts at creating a > package for Sun's distribution on the Power PC platform. As to why there isn't a Gentoo package for this binary, the reasons probably are as follows: * I don't know that anyone has ever expressed interest in it (I haven't checked). * The Java platform on Gentoo has been in a state of flux for approximately 1 year now due to the upgrade effort to Java 5 and higher. During much of this time a package-freeze has been in effect. For more information please see here: http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/java/tiger-faq.xml Hope that helps... ~ Greg --=-5WYkPeMsiv1SlJD+4j1T Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBEo1K9aI3pdOrDO40RAgAqAJ0czIZKpy3k4I8TSPbTOabHUIVclQCdHcJe urpxO5xvkMvFw8zknIXEHow= =fqw6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-5WYkPeMsiv1SlJD+4j1T-- -- gentoo-java@gentoo.org mailing list