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Where is Debian Java going?

April 26, 2017Debian going Java

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Where is Debian Java going?

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The first thing you should understand about the design strategy of Debian is that our goal is to produce a 100% Free Software platform. In that sense, some of the Java tools available are not available in the standard Debian distribution for licensing reasons, not for any technical motivation (see Questions on platforms and license concerns, Section 6.3). That said, basically all of the technologies you might ask about can be or are available for Debian immediately. In order to usefully answer your questions, however, here you have a status from an Open Source availability perspective. If you are really interested, read the following: http://lists.debian.org/debian-java/1999/debian-java-199912/msg00015.html and http://lists.debian.org/debian-java/1999/debian-java-199910/msg00017.html. This section is a summary of the information therein.