We're using Debian as a java development/build platform. Our customers plan to deploy on Windows and redirect the logs to the Event Log. It's not that important to me if it's not in the Debian package. I can just download that dll separately.
- Ryan On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 05:07:59PM -0500, Barry Hawkins wrote: > Ryan Nowakowski wrote: > > The dll is required for some log4j functionality, specifically logging > > to Windows Event Log. In the past, the log4j developers have forgotten > > to build this dll when packaging binary releases. I thought that might > > be the case here. If it is part of Debian Policy[tm] to not package it, > > that's fine. > [...] > Ryan, > Thanks for your use of Debian. As long as the .dll could be built > from F/OSS tools and had no licensing restrictions that violated the > DFSG, I don't think it would be a Debian Policy issue. It's really more > of a feasibility issue; the idea of using log4j packaged by Debian to > write to an NT Event log doesn't particularly sound like a reasonable > use case. Can you explain why you wish to have Debian's package of > log4j include a Windows(TM) .dll? Perhaps we are missing a point here. > > Regards, > -- > Barry Hawkins > All Things Computed > site: www.alltc.com > weblog: www.yepthatsme.com > > Registered Linux User #368650
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