Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
A Java lexical analyser generator. Written in Java, and generates Java
classes implementing lexical analysers. Is, in itself, free software,
so if it compiles with a free Java compiler and runs under a free
interpreter, it could be moved into main. However, jlex may well be
superceeded by jflex.
I'm orphaning this because I don't have time to update it to comply
with current policy. If someone else wants to maintain it, go for it.
If you want to get rid of it from the distribution, I suggest you
compare jlex and jflex, see whether jlex has any redeeming features,
and add your findings to this bug report. I don't have any particular
reason to believe that jlex is useless enough to remove from Debian,
so it's probably worth leaving it in the distribution for now.
--
Charles Briscoe-Smith Hacking Free Software for Alcove
PGP/GPG: 1024R/B35EE811 74 68 AB 2E 1C 60 22 94 B8 21 2D 01 DE 66 13 E2
I sign these contracts / that means I'm willing / to keep on doing bloody
awful evil things / [...] No! No! / This nightmare must come to an end!
-- Seymour, "Little Shop of Horrors", lyrics by Howard Ashman, apparently
referring to the ethics of signing non-disclosure agreements
