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...