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| author | Ola Nordmann <olapc@yahoo.no> | 2002-09-25 06:16:54 +0000 |
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| committer | Ola Nordmann <olapc@yahoo.no> | 2002-09-25 06:16:54 +0000 |
| commit | fd3769ae4d7c54160a3165e0a2ecca8f0132e3e5 (patch) | |
| tree | 447fb829cf72558444fb2eef01bf1818e8a74049 | |
| parent | 4d4966483b12ade6cc63a0fe129351c09470b253 (diff) | |
| download | java-common-fd3769ae4d7c54160a3165e0a2ecca8f0132e3e5.tar.gz | |
Documentation about -gcj and -jni, closes: #146771.
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | policy.xml | 22 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index b70d77c..3d0df68 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ java-common (0.15) unstable; urgency=low * Some editorial changes. * Java libraries should now only suggest java-virtual-machine, closes: #159448. + * Documentation about -gcj and -jni, closes: #146771. -- Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org> Wed, 25 Sep 2002 07:41:45 +0200 @@ -96,19 +96,35 @@ Virtual packages are created: &jc;, &j2c;, &jvm;, &j1r; and &j2r;. </para> - + + <para> + All Java code must be shipped as Java bytecode (*.class files, packaged + in a *.jar archive) and with <quote>Architecture: all</quote>. + </para> + <para> Packages written in Java are separated in two categories: programs and libraries. Programs are intended to be run by end-users. Libraries are intended to help programs to run and to be used by developers. </para> - + <para> Both are shipped as Java bytecode (<filename>*.class</filename> files, packaged in a <filename>*.jar</filename> archive) and with an "Architecture: all" since Java bytecode is supposed to be portable. + It may additionally be shipped as machine code, as produced for example + by the GNU Compiler for Java, in a separate architecture-specific + package. </para> - + + <para> + If the Java code depends on code written in a "native" language, + for example Java Native Interface code, the compiled native code + &should; be shipped in a separate architecture-specific package. + The package containing Java bytecode should depend on this + package. + </para> + <para> This policy does not yet address the issue of documentation (for instance HTML pages made with javadoc). |