Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 10:20:18 +0200 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Ladan?= <rene@freebsd.org> To: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> Cc: java@freebsd.org, glewis@freebsd.org Subject: Re: patch to clean up Java 1.3 and Java 1.4 from bsd.java.mk Message-ID: <CADL2u4icumr4=Za1Ns9LWRpyidNrxhe1y=CaVJvtk4PS%2B7LGiA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20110707074258.GA4688@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <CADL2u4g%2B-xZ-oai7UHqq7aYWFs12U86qwPFq4akXBMdiQT6RmQ@mail.gmail.com> <20110707074258.GA4688@misty.eyesbeyond.com>
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2011/7/7 Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>: > G'day Ren=E9, > > On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 10:05:26AM +0200, Ren=E9 Ladan wrote: >> Hi Greg, >> >> I made a patch to bsd.java.mk [1] to completely remove support for >> Java 1.3 and Java 1.4. >> If you agree, I plan to request an exp-run with all Java 1.3 and 1.4 >> ports removed (except for >> the -doc ports) and the ports at [2] updated to modern / non-hardcoded v= alues. >> >> Cheers, >> Ren=E9 >> >> [1] ftp://rene-ladan.nl/pub/freebsd/bsd.java.mk.diff >> [2] ftp://rene-ladan.nl/pub/freebsd/java-blackdown.txt >> [2] ftp://rene-ladan.nl/pub/freebsd/java-version.txt > > Thanks for doing this. =A0The problem I have is that the first patch remo= ves > all support for JAVA_VERSION < 1.5. =A0I had a similar patch that preserv= es > this support by mapping 1.2+, 1.3+ and 1.4+ to 1.5+, much the way things > work currently for 1.2+. =A0Based on java-version.txt, that's an awful lo= t > of ports that need to be touched otherwise. =A0Were you proposing to upda= te > those ports at the same time as you commit your patch? > Yes, that is the idea because it makes things more clear. That's why I thi= nk of asking for an exp-run. The exp-run patch would contain removed 1.3/1.4, updated bsd.java.mk (including Jikes removal as suggested by Herve), and all ports in java-*.txt updated. Ren=E9
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