RE: [ jEdit-devel ] .deb package for jmk

[John G. <jge...@ny...>]

jEdit is heavily dependent on Swing.  

John

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> Hello everyone
> 
> I was pondering creating a .deb for jedit and downloaded the 
> source. When I
> realized I didn't have jmk, I made a quick .deb package for it.
> 
> I would appreciate it if debian users could test-drive this package:
> 
> http://master.debian.org/~jewel/jmk_1.5-1_all.deb
> 
> I have already uploaded it to the debian archive but it will be a 
> while before
> it is available (and then only in unstable).
> 
> I compiled only the text-mode jmk code. The reason for this is 
> that there aren't
> any free Swing libraries in debian yet. If I added a dependency 
> to non-free code
> then jmk would not be able to go in the main section.
> 
> The same reasoning applies to jedit. I wonder how much it depends 
> on Swing, and
> whether it is possible to write stub classes which will allow it 
> to compile (but
> not necessarily run) against free software.
> 
> John Leuner
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