Bug#358237: make-jpkg should create two .deb files instead of one

[Daniel Gimpelevich]

On Mar 22, 2006, at 12:13 AM, Wolfgang Baer wrote:

> Daniel Gimpelevich wrote:
>> Package: java-package
>> Version: 0.27
>> Severity: wishlist
>
>> I would be very interested in any arguments against making
>> java-package enable this to happen. Thank you.
>
> The simplest argument against it is: Its just not possible to use
> the non-free runtime classlibraries with a free runtime. AFAIK, for
> interaction between a runtime and the class library a VM interface is
> needed. And thats not the same between the non-free and GNU classpath
> derived runtimes.
>
> Wolfgang

Hmm. I was under the impression that the VM interface had become 
sufficiently compatible for a full compatibility layer to be 
straightforward. Class libraries consist of classes, and since there 
are classes that work with both runtimes separately from any class 
library, I thought that differences in functionality between the free 
and non-free environments was primarily due to differences between the 
class libraries, with the VM interfaces being relatively equal. If I 
was mistaken, I am sorry.