Re: java package

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso]

Could I propose an alternative to making Java part of core? The
problem is that installing packages from Octave Forge is a pain in the
neck, right? So can't we fix that instead? We all mostly agree that
there is a problem with the separation of Octave and Octave Forge, so
if we bring them close together enough to the point where it's mostly
painless to install, maintain, and develop packages, in a single
unified way, can't we work on that instead?

I am very much not happy with the idea of making Java part of my
regular Octave builds of which I do many per day, nor all of the cruft
that comes with Java, and if I can avoid reading Java code, I would
much prefer so. So for people like me who don't want to touch Java,
can't we modularise and keep it modular?

- Jordi G. H.