[indiana-discuss] Indiana Problem Statement

[John Sonnenschein]

On 2-Jul-07, at 8:01 AM, Ian Murdock wrote:

> Glynn Foster wrote:
>> Doug Scott wrote:
>>>> Glynn Foster wrote:
>>>>> Hey,
>>>> Languages
>>>> =========
>>>> Specific Runtimes
>>>>  o C/C++, Perl (5.8.4+), Python (2.5+)
>>> Are you excluding Java?
>> Preferably - it's a pretty huge component, so if I could avoid its  
>> dependency,
>> then I'd like to see it punted to the network repository.
>
> Java needs to be in the core so that developers targeting Solaris,
> OpenSolaris, and OpenSolaris-derived distributions know with certainty
> that it is present. Same goes for Perl and Python. Indeed, this is  
> a big
> part of why Java was open sourced--so it could get baked into the  
> Linux
> distros, ending the need for developers to work around the uncertainty
> of whether or not it would be there (and, if so, which version was
> there etc.). This is also why the Linux Standard Base is in the
> process of adding Perl and Python to the next version (so that
> the Linux distros can have some common baseline) and why Sun is
> actively engaging with the LSB to ensure Java gets in as well.

and why do we care?

we're pushing /opensolaris/, NOT java... java's sun's other product.
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