[caiman-discuss] Updated Slim Install CD package list posted

[Moinak Ghosh]

Shawn Walker wrote:
> On 18/09/2007, Moinak Ghosh <Moinak.Ghosh at sun.com> wrote:
>   
>> MC wrote:
>>     
>>> [...]
>>>       
>>>> Since we don't yet have a JRE that can be included
>>>>
>>>>         
>>> It was my understanding that the JRE would be included, so it would make sense to plan for that. (Ian Murdock on this: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=134939#134939 )
>>>
>>> I also see from Moinak and Anil that the JRE is reasonably sized:
>>> http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=134668#134668
>>> http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/thread.jspa?messageID=134696#134696
>>>
>>>       
>>    Size is not the issue for JRE. At present Swing/AWT still
>>    links with Motif libraries on Solaris as opposed to Gtk
>>    on Linux.
>>
>>    Since Solaris Motif is closed and non-redistributable this
>>    makes a Java GUI non-functional on Indiana. The solution
>>    is for libawt and friends to either link with Gtk or
>>    OpenMotif on Solaris.
>>     
>
> I don't see that as making it so you can't ship it. It just means
> linking Gtk or OpenMotif, which I think has been talked about.
>   

   The distro JDK can be easily shiped. But what is the point of
   shipping something that is half-functional.

Regards,
Moinak.