[CentOS] Java support : is there a native package ?
Johnny Hughes
mailing-lists at hughesjr.com
Wed Nov 9 21:12:39 UTC 2005
On Wed, 2005-11-09 at 16:08 -0500, Ryan wrote:
> Jim Perrin wrote:
> >>OK, so you need a .spec file and a couple of lines of script. The point
> >>is that the hard and unnecessary part is finding all the stuff yourself
> >>in the first place. Instead of directions that point to distribution
> >>agnostic and vague directions, why can't we have something that just
> >>installs it for us?
> >
> >
> > because current java licensing prevents such useful things.
> >
> >
> >
>
> I've noticed some other distros (*cough* Debian *cough*) are including
> java packages in their repo. Any idea how they get away with it?
>
> Maybe Sun just doesn't want to rock the boat...
They have the free jpackage.org stuff ... they do not have the Sun or
IBM SDK / JRE stuff in the repos (that I can find).
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 189 bytes
Desc: This is a digitally signed message part
URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20051109/6578aa86/attachment.sig>
More information about the CentOS
mailing list