From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 8 06:01:33 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E5116106564A; Fri, 8 Jul 2011 06:01:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (gerbercreations.com [71.39.140.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 899938FC19; Fri, 8 Jul 2011 06:01:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (localhost.eyesbeyond.com [127.0.0.1]) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p6861W05019532; Thu, 7 Jul 2011 23:01:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.14.4/8.14.4/Submit) id p6861Wj5019531; Thu, 7 Jul 2011 23:01:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 23:01:32 -0700 From: Greg Lewis To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9?= Ladan Message-ID: <20110708060132.GA19522@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <20110707074258.GA4688@misty.eyesbeyond.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Cc: java@freebsd.org, glewis@freebsd.org Subject: Re: patch to clean up Java 1.3 and Java 1.4 from bsd.java.mk X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:01:34 -0000 G'day René, On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 10:20:18AM +0200, René Ladan wrote: > 2011/7/7 Greg Lewis : > > On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 10:05:26AM +0200, René 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 values. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> René > >> > >> [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.  The problem I have is that the first patch removes > > all support for JAVA_VERSION < 1.5.  I had a similar patch that preserves > > this support by mapping 1.2+, 1.3+ and 1.4+ to 1.5+, much the way things > > work currently for 1.2+.  Based on java-version.txt, that's an awful lot > > of ports that need to be touched otherwise.  Were you proposing to update > > 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 think > 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. That sounds great! Please go ahead and let me know if there is anything I can do to help. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org