[fedora-java] Fedora Core package list

Gary Benson gbenson at redhat.com
Tue May 10 14:33:46 UTC 2005


Nicolas Mailhot wrote:
> If a package is present in jpackage.org but is slightly different in
> Fedora Extras that usualy means it had to include some gcj-specific
> changes.

Actually, for s/Fedora Extras/Fedora Core/ this is not strictly true.
Firstly, many of the packages have had their non-free dependencies
slashed out.  This doesn't mean they don't _work_ on gcj, it just
means we're not using them for moral reasons.  Secondly, many of the
packages now have BC-compiled solibs, for speed.  Finally, I've made a
ton of bug fixes this past few weeks, which I'll be submitting
upstream when I get back from holiday.

I can't actually think of any gcj-specifics in FC4's Tomcat stack off
the top of my head (though that doesn't mean there aren't any!)  For
most issues the natural place for the fix is in gcj (libgcj, etc) so
I've not had to modify things much.

Cheers,
Gary




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