Eric Gillespie wrote: [---] > 2. Isn't Sun Java becoming free software anyway? So isn't that > argument moot? When that happens, yes. Though if I understood it correctly, no one knows when it will happen. > I find the portabilty argument compelling, though. Again, it > seems that should be knowable by subversion/Makefile. If it > isn't, the -java option is the next best thing. > > I'm not opposed to anyone making either of the changes :) I prefer a way to globally disable java, even if my platform supports it. (It's not an option I'd use, had I the possibility to run Java, since I want to run Freenet, but I know others who'd love to be able to disable java globally). For future pkgsrc development: While thinking about this I realized that it would be neat to have two types of dependencies: optional, and required/critical. If I chose to "disable" java, it wouldn't build java as a dependency when I install subversion or firefox. But it would build java if I build Freenet -- because java is a critical dependency. Just a thought. -- Kind regards, Jan Danielsson
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