* Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> [2005-02-21 17:29]: > Once upon a time, Andrew Overholt <overholt@xxxxxxxxxx> said: > > 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. > > Well, in part because it wasn't there before (while python, perl, etc. > were). It's sad that much of the java stuff wasn't in FC3 because a lot of it was in FC2 and prior releases (IIRC). Correct me if I'm wrong here (and I know that Eclipse wasn't there :) . > However, right now, Java requires a second C compiler (gcc4), which is a > significant penalty. Once the standard gcc can handle Java, then maybe > some base can be included. This leads me to one suggestion ... Andrew
