From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QsxoV-0001Zv-2P for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:06:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 141E421C1F0; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:06:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp-relay1.uniserve.ca (smtp-relay1b.uniserve.ca [216.210.109.129]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4489421C1B8 for ; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:05:32 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=uniserve.com; s=2010; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:Cc:To:From:Date; bh=4wdmazr3nsfhJ4om+fgWHBnELLu6h4HD+MtHqlV9j2s=; b=exD/voXC1c03wXYRtNkLWz22DmcFyyOg2UcPVereqLel8JDa/qXKhclOLnwg7Gj/+13KW8/amlyAWpWnbxzsbTadGkeR3ZOAHHVOi2kzzXBViL+h7vfeJIRVptGXjplW; Received: from ip-189.60.99.216.dsl-cust.ca.inter.net ([216.99.60.189] helo=ca.inter.net) by smtp-relay1.uniserve.ca with smtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1QsxnG-0003b8-HO; Mon, 15 Aug 2011 07:05:31 -0700 Received: by ca.inter.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:05:29 -0400 Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:05:29 -0400 From: Philip Webb To: Alan McKinnon Cc: Gentoo User Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] who needs Java ? Message-ID: <20110815140529.GE3065@ca.inter.net> Mail-Followup-To: Alan McKinnon , Gentoo User References: <20110815111755.GE3102@ca.inter.net> <2013503.vzJbgkSEzO@nazgul> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <2013503.vzJbgkSEzO@nazgul> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Sender-Info: purslow@ca.inter.net X-Scanner: OK. Scanned. X-Uniserve-Spam-Score: 0.1 1 (/) X-Uniserve-Spam-Report: Content analysis details: (0.1 points) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RDNS_DYNAMIC Delivered to trusted network by host with dynamic-looking rDNS X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 2da2d2cc1d2165c1f72fd281ffa39c33 110815 Alan McKinnon wrote: > I removed Java from my USE for LO + gnome and gtk too > and have not yet seen any ill-effects. > The last time I read a definitive statement on Java for OOo > was early in the 2.0 series, > when it mentioned database connectivity as the prime thing that used it, > as in Base, the Access-like db front-end thingy yes, i recall reading that Java was necessary to use OO's database. however, i have no use for that in the foreseeable future. does anyone else know whether Java is needed for LO's database stuff ? so far, it looks as if i shd remove the USE flag, recompile the relevant pkgs & see what happens when i try using them. further comments still very welcome & thanks for those so far. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Cities Centre, University of Toronto TRANSIT `-O----------O---' purslowatchassdotutorontodotca