Re: FC4 slimfast slimfest

[Chris Adams <cmadams hiwaay net>]

Once upon a time, Andrew Overholt <overholt redhat com> said:
> I would like to see at least a minimal free Java toolchain/environment in
> Fedora.  This is a slippery slope that leads to language-ism, IMHO.  Why
> stop with Java?  Let's put all python stuff in its own repository as well.

Well, in part because it wasn't there before (while python, perl, etc.
were).  However, right now, Java requires a second C compiler (gcc4),
which is a significant penalty.  Once the standard gcc can handle Java,
then maybe some base can be included.

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Chris Adams <cmadams hiwaay net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.