* Dave Jones <davej@xxxxxxxxxx> [2005-02-21 17:29]: > On Mon, Feb 21, 2005 at 05:22:00PM -0500, Andrew Overholt wrote: > > > > Java can all live in a java repository. There is a vast amount of it and we > > > don't have room. > > > > 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 important difference here is that system-config-*, yum, up2date, rhn-applet and > various other 'core' components are written in python, not java, so the > comparison is meaningless imo. I obviously wasn't serious :) . I really do think that a re-evaluation of what is 'Core' and what is 'Extras' (which I really do believe is a misnomer, BTW) is necessary. Or at least a clarification. Andrew
