[gentoo-java] Java installation handling not acceptable

[Daniel]

Hi,
the installation of Java on Gentoo is the hell on earth!

- the installation is non transparent
- the java-"help"-utils (java-config, java-config-wrapper) are not acceptable,
because you don't really need them
- the whole solution of installing more than one jdk is bumptious - so not 
easy
handable

This meens that it takes long time to install java and that you need to do 
some
terrible thinks (e.g. unmasking some packages ... see
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/java/java-upgrade.xml).

This is not the way gentoo should go because this is to heavy for the user
(that mostly just wants to install a jdk :) )!

So I have collected some points _we_ should think about:
- why is jdk-1.5 still under development?
- is it really necessary to install an jdk-1.4 and jdk-1.5? - if yes, why you
don't need to install jdk-1.3?
- gentoo should never make a difference between jdk 1.4 and 1.5
- java-config should just generate some environment files to set a special vm
- if an ebuild requires a special vm (why ever, because the api of the jdk is
compatible in most points) it should gnerate a warning, that the vm should be
set to 1.x
- it is the problem of the user if there are two java applications which need
different vms (this problem is much easier to solve than installing java ;)).

I hope you will not understand this bug as an act of aggression - it should
just help Gentoo.

regards
Daniel aka Damage
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