Mercurial in pure Java

Alpar Juttner ajuttner.list at googlemail.com
Thu Oct 1 01:13:50 CDT 2009


> Yes, but I think there is a misunderstanding here: the question is not
>  what you ship together, but what is linked together.
> 
> If the judge asks you, if you can remove the JRE and Linux is still
>  working (except for Java programs) you can say yes; if he asks you if
>  you can put the JRE to a different Linux distribution and Java
>  programs are still working, you can also answer "yes".
> 
> But if he asks you, if you can remove Mercurial  and the Mercurial
>  Eclipse plugin is still working, the answer is clearly "No".

But the analogous question here is if JRE is still working when
the kernel is removed, isn't it?

Regards,
Alpar

>  The
>  Plugin only works with Mercurial. Not with GIT, not with Bazaar.
>  Insofar it is pretty hard linked. And that is imho a significant issue
>  that makes the plugin derivative work.
> 
> 
> Alex
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