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author | Niels Thykier <nthykier@debian.org> | 2010-04-05 09:42:47 +0000 |
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committer | Niels Thykier <nthykier@debian.org> | 2010-04-05 09:42:47 +0000 |
commit | e5459461e1307196e2071ec0c193b46d92dbe586 (patch) | |
tree | f682d6194e771408ea6b65f9b1fb832faab43d5b /debian-java-faq/debian-java-faq.sgml | |
parent | e4ee8d31dafd744b6944071763086e79628ef5fd (diff) | |
download | java-common-e5459461e1307196e2071ec0c193b46d92dbe586.tar.gz |
Updated to java-faq to match the online version.
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diff --git a/debian-java-faq/debian-java-faq.sgml b/debian-java-faq/debian-java-faq.sgml index e1f7cbb..0c273c3 100644 --- a/debian-java-faq/debian-java-faq.sgml +++ b/debian-java-faq/debian-java-faq.sgml @@ -643,12 +643,26 @@ to help can start by inspecting packages labeled as unknown on the <p>In November 2006 Sun announced that Java would be open sourced under the GPL and provided source for the javac compiler and HotSpot virtual machine. -Sun published their Java sources under the name OpenJDK. Some 4% are missing -from the sources, for which Sun has not the copyright themselves. The remainder -of the JDK source will be published in 2007. Debian has a roadmap to publish +Sun published their Java sources under the name OpenJDK. +A small part, initially some 4% and by 2008 down to 1%, mainly in the Class +library, is missing from the sources, because Sun does not hold the +copyright themselves. + +<p>Debian has a roadmap to publish all of Sun's opensource Java technologies as described in the <url id="https://penta.debconf.org/~joerg/events/126.en.html" name="Debconf7 talk: OpenJDK and the Free Java Packaging Roadmap">. +The current version of the roadmap is at the +<url id="http://wiki.debian.org/Java/RoadMap" name="Debian Java Wiki">. + +<chapt id="debian-java-lenny">Status of Java in Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 (Lenny) + +<p>The <em>Lenny</em> release was the first one to provide Sun's OpenJDK +environment (see <ref id="openjdk">). + +<p>A more up-to-date status of Java in the current Debian release is +available at the +<url id="http://wiki.debian.org/Java" name="Debian Java Wiki">. <chapt>Java Development <p> @@ -672,6 +686,9 @@ go to <url id="http://www.blackdown.org">) currently testing) and Debian <em>sid</em>, also as packages in the <em>non-free</em>. +<item>Sun's OpenJDK 6 jdk, available since the Debian 5.0 <em>lenny</em> +release in the <em>main</em> section. + </list> <p>Previous release of Debian included an installer package for IBM's Java @@ -734,9 +751,9 @@ id="http://www.lists.deus.net/mailman/listinfo/free-java">. <sect1 id="java56">Java 5 and 6 -<p>There are binary packages available for the Java 5 platform -for both Debian 'lenny' (currently, the <em>testing</em> distribution) and -Debian Sid, and binary packages for Java 6. These packages are available in the +<p>There are binary packages available for the Java 5 and Java 6 platforms +since the Debian 5.0 ('lenny') release. +These packages are available in the <em>non-free</em> section, so you have to configure your apt sources appropiately. If you have the following in your <file>/etc/apt/sources.list</file>: @@ -789,7 +806,7 @@ Or for java 5: update-java-alternatives -s java-1.5.0-sun </example> -<sect1>Sun's OpenJDK +<sect1 id="openjdk">Sun's OpenJDK <p>Sun adopted in november 2006 the GPL library for almost all of the virtual machine and GPL v2 + the <em>Classpath exception</em><footnote>This is similar @@ -799,8 +816,20 @@ id="http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/license.html" name="Classpath project"></footnote>for the class libraries and those parts of the virtual machine that expose public APIs. -<p>As a consequence, the free OpenJDK code might be available in Debian in next -releases. +<p>As a consequence, the free OpenJDK code is available in Debian since the +5.0 (lenny) release.</p> + +<p>You can install the Java development kit: + +<example> +apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk +</example> + +or the Java runtime environment: + +<example> +apt-get install openjdk-6-jre +</example> <p>For more information see <url id="http://www.sun.com/software/opensource/java/faq.jsp" name="Free and Open Source Java">. |