On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 01:52:37PM -0500, Dan McGee wrote:
On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 8:44 AM, Paul Mattal <paul@mattal.com> wrote:
Hi.
Didn't realize this discussion was going to get into Sun JDK/JRE. Since they are free, and still provide the best compatibility around, I don't see why we should drop them.
Has anyone found circumstances in which the Sun JDK and JRE have been inadequate for their Java needs? I recognize that it's possible that one day OpenJDK will actually lead the pack, given the way the Java world is moving, but I don't think that day is yet, and generally prefer to be using the reference JVM wherever possible.
Whoa! I'm with Paul here. This was never meant to be the free software crusade. When we become Debian I will find myself a new distro.
What Paul and Dan said. As a sidenote, I use Java for work and have a vested interest in keeping Sun's official implemenation in the repos. If no one else wants to maintain it, I will, because I have a reason to. -S