contrib status of libpgjava

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Arnaud Vandyck wrote:
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> Tue, 16 Nov 2004 18:29:29 +0100, 
> Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote: 
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>>[Apparently, mail to libpgjava@packages.qa.debian.org does not get 
>>through, so I'm writing again.]
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>>I have been working with the authors of the PostgreSQL JDBC driver 
>>(libpgjava) to enable it to work with free software.  As of right now, 
>>the development version, which will become 8.0.something, compiles and 
>>runs with jikes and sablevm.  You get the JDBC 3 variant, but without 
>>SSL support (because classpath doesn't support the Java SSL API yet).
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>>Considering that JDBC 3 without SSL is probably just right for most 
>>users, I think when PostgreSQL 8.0 is released, it would be nice to 
>>split the package into a free and non-free part and move the free part 
>>into main.  I have added some information to http://java.debian.net/ 
>>about this.
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>>What do you think?  I'd also be willing to help out to make this happen.
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> /me jumpin' around
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> Very good and thanks for your comment on MovingJavaToMain.
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> It should be easy to test to build the package with kaffe or another
> freeVM. The package is using cdbs and very well done!

Kaffe has Jessie merged in, so I think SSL should work, too. Peter, 
could you give it a try?

cheers,
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