Re: [java-gnome-hackers] free software; Debian packages

[Sergio R. <ser...@hi...>]

Yea, ok. I think this can be changed without problems. I think that the
only class I use is the Dimension class. I'll have a look at it.

bye!


On Fri, 2002-08-30 at 22:07, Mark Howard wrote:
> Hi,
>   I've been working on Debian packages for java-gnome. I've been trying
> to keep this in the main Debian section but have been having trouble:
> 
> * Ant is in contrib -> I've made makefile replacements
> 
> * A number of packages rely on sun.awt. AFAIK, this is not implemented
> in any of the free java implementations (gcj doesn't seem to work).
> please correct me if I'm wrong.
> The affected classes are:
> gdk/WindowAttr.java
> gdk/Drawable.java
> gdk/Gdk.java
> gtk/ToolBar.java
> 
> How difficult would it be to change these so that they don't use awt?
> (possibly create replacements for the awt classes)
> 
> I think one of the main reasons many people would choose java-gnome over
> swing is that it is truly free software, hence these changes are
> important. If java-gnome can't be compiled with one of the free
> compilers, then it wouldn't be classed as Free software in Debian terms,
> would not be allowed into the main archive and hence would not appear on
> official DVDs or CDs. Furthermore, it would not be able to take
> advantage of the build daemons, which try to create and test packages on
> 15 (I think) architecture/OS combinations. Also, packages using
> java-gnome would not be allowed into the main distribution.
> -- 
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