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

[Wolfgang Baer]

Daniel Gimpelevich wrote:
> 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.

The jni interface (and the newer jawt interface) should be compatible
with the non-free implementations. The interface VM/Classlib can't be as
it is AFAIK not defined anywhere by SUN.

For information about the VM interface of GNU classpath see:
http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/docs/vmintegration.html

Wolfgang