On 8/10/06, Greg Swallow - SkyNet <gregswallow skynetonline.ca> wrote:
> I just noticed them here (htt
p://dev.centos.org/centos/4/testing/i386/RPMS/)
> and looked back and didn't see any note of them on
this list. I see they
> are licensed "DLJ 1.1" - this I guess -
> http://down
load.java.net/dlj/DLJ-v1.1.txt - which surprisingly
looks like
> they're legal to distribute (with an operating
system). Is that correct?
DLJ does make it legal to distribute, although it's not
open source,
and some distros are avoiding it. The rpms aren't quite
perfect yet.
They're essentially a hasty build from dlj sources, and
using the
jpackage spec. In the coming days I'll be rewriting the
spec to take
advantage of the added extraction options in the dlj linux
.bin file,
as well as making sure everything gets where it needs to be.
> What does CentOS plan to do with the rpms? Can someone
give some
> information on what stage of testing they're at and
anything else to know
> about them please.
Right now they install fine, and work for most things, but a
couple
files are missing from them, notably, rt.jar so some java
applications
or custom builds won't work. They'll be updated soon and
will be
maintained at least for CentOS 4. Right now I'm finishing
up a build
for postgis to be included in the dev repository, and once
that's
done, I'm getting back to work on the java packages.
Any other info about them you'd like?
--
During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes
a revolutionary act.
George Orwell
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