[IcedTea] Where to put the new default NetX jar?

Lillian Angel langel at redhat.com
Wed Feb 27 07:47:52 PST 2008



Lillian Angel wrote:
> 
> 
> Lillian Angel wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Joshua Sumali wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I've recently refactored the NetX package names to follow proper 
>>> conventions. As a result, the old default NetX application breaks 
>>> since it relies on the old package naming. As a result, I've made a 
>>> new default application jar similar to the old one, but I'm unsure of 
>>> where to put it. Note that the old one is hosted on the original 
>>> author's SourceForge page, which we don't have access to. We can either:
>>>
>>> 1. Host it somewhere online (e.g. icedtea.classpath.org)
>>> 2. Include the jar with the built JRE, since NetX will be part of the 
>>> JRE soon (as opposed to the SDK). If we do this, which directory in 
>>> the JRE would be appropriate?
>>
>> I prefer this. Where to put it? maybe tools-copy? This dir can be 
>> renamed to something more appropriate, but you can keep it with all 
>> the tools stuff. I guess use your own discretion- anywhere is fine.
> 
> Sorry, i meant to keep the netx jar in the tools-copy directory, and 
> copy it out to the jre when building. In the JRE, I would think putting 
> it in lib/.
> 
>>
>>> 3. Something better?
>>>
>>> Comments appreciated.
>>
>> just my two cents,
> 
> Now four.
> Lillian
> 



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