On Oct 3, 2005, at 1:42 PM, Bob Jamison wrote:
Nicu Buculei wrote:
- regarding the size, JVM is a bigger dependency compared with
either Perl and Python;
I agree. It would add 15 MB or so for the JRE.
Or 0 MB or so for OS X.
:-)
- on a free desktop you have a bigger chance to already have both
Perl and Python already installed compared with JVM.
I agree with this, too. Such a shame.. If every distro had a good Java VM, imagine the potential for Net-empowerment.
That's why all modern versions of OS X come with Java as a built-in.
:-)
Depending of a non-free Java VM would impede the freedom of Inkscape as a whole - http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html
[SNIP]
R. Stallman is my hero, but I disagree on this topic. This is an irrational religious obsession with him. -Using- the VM does not poison software.
For the record, I'm pretty much of the same opinion as Bob here.
But, no, I don't want to add Java as a dep either. But it -can- be called, and it would probably be good to have the capability to use it as an option.
And I agree with that also.