On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Bret Busby <b...@busby.net> wrote: > > On the web page at > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/release-notes/ch-whats-new.en.html#id2794519 > is stated: > > "2.7. Java now in Debian > > The OpenJDK Java Runtime Environment openjdk-6-jre and Development Kit > openjdk-6-jdk, needed for executing Java GUI and Webstart programs or > building such programs, are now in Debian. The packages are built using the > IcedTea build support and patches from the IcedTea project." > > Does this now mean that we cannot instal and run Debian 5 without Java, or > that Debian cannot fully run without Java, in the same way that some > versions of MS Windows cannot fully run without Internet Explorer? >
I hope you don't find this rude, but that seems like a very radical interpretation of the text, and I'm really curious what gave you that impression. Was it from the quoted section alone? I really can't see that in there. Nye -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
