On 10 August 2010 13:11, Martin Helm <
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> Am Dienstag, 10. August 2010 19:44:15 schrieb Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso:
>> 2010/8/10 Judd Storrs <
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>> > 2010/8/10 Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <
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>> >
>> >> I just noticed that there is a packaging request for Debian for
>> >> jhandles, and I *did* mean to get around to it.
>> >>
>> >> Is it impossible to work around the GPL issue? Is there any code that
>> >> could be rewritten?
>> >
>> > [...] it apparently boils down to the fact that Microsoft
>> > doesn't ship the C++ standard library as part of a standard Windows
>> > install.
>>
>> Okay... I presume it must be using some JNI?
>>
>> > Basically, what appears to be necessary is getting these packages to
>> > compile/work using the newer mingw port that replaced the MSVC port.
>>
>> I am a bit confused. Was jhandles Windows-only software? Perhaps I
>> should close the Debian packaging request, in that case.
> Jhandles is not windows only.
Well, the reason I'm confused is, why would a distribution problem on