From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 16 08:01:01 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3397116A4CF for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 08:01:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ulysses.noc.ntua.gr (ulysses.noc.ntua.gr [147.102.222.230]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4969343D1F for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 08:01:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from past@noc.ntua.gr) Received: from ajax.noc.ntua.gr (ajax.noc.ntua.gr [147.102.220.1]) by ulysses.noc.ntua.gr (8.12.9p1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i5G80Gog070560 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 11:00:16 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from past@noc.ntua.gr) Received: from [147.102.220.45] (hal.noc.ntua.gr [147.102.220.45]) by ajax.noc.ntua.gr (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id i5G80GoS067534 for ; Wed, 16 Jun 2004 11:00:16 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from past@noc.ntua.gr) Message-ID: <40CFFE0F.6040403@noc.ntua.gr> Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 11:00:15 +0300 From: Panagiotis Astithas Organization: NTUA/NMC User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.6 (X11/20040609) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: java@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: An alternative Eclipse 3 port X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 08:01:01 -0000 Hi all, I have been approaching the eclipse3 port from a slightly different and unfortunately slower angle. The linux buildfiles annoy me, partly because I am worried that the they may hide some obscure compatibility bug, and partly because I would like this to look like FreeBSD software. So I replaced every instance of linux with freebsd, as in the eclipse 2 port. This began as an attempt to avoid some problems with plugins I used to have with the "linux" port (so to speak). I haven't confirmed whether they still persist in the last iteration of the port, so YMMV. This port skeleton is a direct replacement for the java/eclipse port (no eclipse3 names in directories, etc.) and although I finished it last night, I think I managed to squeeze in (and tested) everything that has been noted in the recent threads. I still have some minor nits I would like to attend to, but I would like some feedback from the community whether this is a valid approach or I should quit pursuing it and go water my plants or something. You can get the port skeleton here: http://noc.ntua.gr/~past/freebsd/eclipse3-port.tgz These are some guidelines I tried to follow: - No reference to Linux if possible. - The pathces in $FILESDIR are one patch per file, as in most ports. - No hard-coded paths (ant, unzip, gmake, JAVA_HOME, etc.) - Minimize diffs from the eclipse 2 port. Of course it should be noted that this port borrows heavily from similar work done by Georg W. Koltermann, Torben Jager, Jeremy Faulkner, as well as the eclipse 2 port contributors, Alexander Kabaev, Jimmy Olgeni, Norikatsu Shigemura, and others I haven't tracked down in my safari through mailing list archives. Cheers, -- Panagiotis Astithas Electrical & Computer Engineer, PhD Network Management Center National Technical University of Athens, Greece