[fedora-java] Re: jpackage.org and FC4

[Andrew Haley]

John M. Gabriele writes:
 > --- David Walluck <david at zarb.org> wrote:
 > 
 > > Ian Pilcher <i.pilcher at comcast.net> wrote:
 > > 
 > > > It would be a very good thing, IMNSHO, if the Fedora Java folks and the
 > > > JPackage folks could develop some sort of co-existance strategy.
 > > 
 > > I don't think that there are any major issues with co-existence. The 
 > > idea, as I
 > > gather from the list, was always to have FC4 be ``fully'' jpp-compatible.
 > > 
 > > The major issue I see is that the .so files and other binaries aren't shipped
 > > separately. [snip]
 > 
 > Could you please explain what shared libs have to do with Java packages here?
 > 
 > What do you mean by .so files being shipped separately? Don't Java packages
 > just come with either:
 > 
 > 1. jar files that consist of bundled-up .class files, or
 > 2. binaries built with GCJ that link with the libgcj already on your system?
 > 
 > Since JPP packages are JVM-agnostic, then wouldn't that rule out #2
 > above for JPP packages?

For Fedora it's not either/or: it's both.

Andrew.