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From: Alistair Bush <alistair.bush@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-java@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-java] Re: Re: gcj, maven, the GPL and ebuild
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 02:11:25
Message-Id: 200609101410.58446.alistair.bush@gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-java] Re: gcj, maven, the GPL and ebuild by Thufir
1 On Saturday 09 September 2006 23:19, Thufir wrote:
2 > On Sun, 10 Sep 2006 00:05:44 +0200, Krzysiek Pawlik wrote:
3 > > Thufir wrote:
4 > >> I've been sifting through the archives on these topics and would like a
5 > >> status report on java. stat ;)
6 > >
7 > > One will be posted tomorrow after todays team meeting.
8 >
9 > Lucky timing for me, then :)
10 >
11 > >> Finally, I was amazed to read that maven is, apparently,
12 > >> windows-centric. Very disappointing.
13 > >
14 > > Any source on this?
15 >
16 > This mailing list. There were complaints about maven being
17 > windows-centric.
18
19 Without reading back to see what esactly 'window-centric' means. This may
20 explain why gentoo doesn't support maven currently.
21
22 https://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/java/wiki/Maven_Notes
23 >
24 > >> The bottom line appears to be that java for Linux sucked, got better,
25 > >> but still sucks and will continue to suck for the foreseeable future.
26 > >> Yes?
27 > >
28 > > No.
29 >
30 > I'm not looking for a yes/no altercation; look forward to more info :)
31
32 > -Thufir
33
34 Java will 'suck' until the new java system can be stabilized. After that it
35 will 'rock'.
36 Look around:
37 http://overlays.gentoo.org/proj/java/wiki/
38 and
39 http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/java/index.xml
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