[Savannah-register-public] [task #9526] Submission of Scacchi3D

[Sylvain Beucler]

Follow-up Comment #19, task #9526 (project administration):

In our effort to be transparent about the registration process, make sure to
explain the reason why a project is approved or not :)

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http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/savannah-hackers-public/2009-11/msg00057.html

> I am a wondering how if it is okay to accept projects which
> have support in the newer versions of openjdk that still
> have not arrived in most free software distributions? For
> example, Scacchi3d seems to require the Nimbus Swing Look
> and Feel class which was not supported until last month
> in openjdk-6.

That's a different problem.  It's common for a project in development to use
"bleeding edge" versions of its dependencies.  As long as it's free it's OK. 
Let's not make the distros' delays an additional requirement.


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