On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 05:22:00PM -0500, Andrew Overholt wrote: > I would like to see at least a minimal free Java toolchain/environment in > Fedora. This is a slippery slope that leads to language-ism, IMHO. Why > stop with Java? Let's put all python stuff in its own repository as well. The java stuff is new, its huge and its the easiest to push out for now > > Not only that but a java repository set has a natural focus and since > > most of it is in java it can run asynchronously to the OS updates too > > Except for the natively-compiled stuff. Plus, I believe Sopwith said this > kind of 3rd party repository isn't possible ATM. Then how are we proposing to do Fedora extras ? It is definitely possible. A Java themed disk may be trickier as a part of base. If we can't do it then in my opinion its even more critical we keep the current stuff and java should go into fedora extras or Fedora 5 when the tools are fixed. I'd much rather see a Java yum repository and a non-install time java .iso (which is easy to do as a standalone)
