[Savannah-hackers] Re: Questions about the rules for Savannah projects

[Mathieu Roy]

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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