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[Savannah-hackers] Re: Questions about the rules for Savannah projects
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Mathieu Roy |
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[Savannah-hackers] Re: Questions about the rules for Savannah projects |
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03 Jan 2003 13:43:50 +0100 |
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Richard Stallman <address@hidden> said:
> > - The project is written in Java but has not been tested on any Free
> > java environment. The Classpath, gcj and Kaffe projects all provide
> > all the APIs that I actually use: eliminating this dependency should
> > be just a matter of doing some thorough testing and fixing any
> > incompatibilities that turn up.
> >
> > - The project can (optionally) generate C# output files; these haven't
> > been tested on any Free C# implementation. Similarly to the situation
> > with Java, this should be just a matter of testing on Mono or DotGNU
> > and fixing any incompatibilities. The C# output is optional anyway.
>
> These are not real problems because they are not direct dependencies
> on any specific non-free software. It ought to work with gcj, it's
> just that there may be some bugs. The C# output might work with
> Portable.NET, it's just that there may be some bugs.
>
> > - The project's purpose is for database access, but the only databases
> > currently supported are proprietary (Oracle and Microsoft SQL
> > Server). Adding support for Free databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL
> > should be essentially trivial for someone who knows the ins and outs
> > of these databases.
>
> Could he remove the support for these databases before putting it into
> Savannah? He could re-add them once there is support for some free
> data bases.
>
> This way, the program would not ever depend on a non-free program.
I guess it's feasible. I'll ask him.
Regards,
--
Mathieu Roy
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