Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 21:31:03 -0800 From: John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com> To: Christopher Elkins <christopherelkins@yahoo.com> Cc: Ernst de Haan <znerd@freebsd.org>, freebsd-java@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A Modest Proposal for Java(tm) dependency selection among ports Message-ID: <20011202213103.A59437@johncoop.MSHOME> In-Reply-To: <20011202210847.A1897@tlon.lan.scardini.com>; from christopherelkins@yahoo.com on Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 21:08:47 -0800 References: <20011115130202.E33074@johncoop.MSHOME> <200111191317.fAJDHRi12634@zaphod.euronet.nl> <20011119101036.A91514@johncoop.MSHOME> <200111201111.fAKBBvS19082@zaphod.euronet.nl> <20011202210847.A1897@tlon.lan.scardini.com>
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On 2001.12.02 21:08 Christopher Elkins wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 12:11:57PM +0100, Ernst de Haan wrote:
> >
> > 1] Create simple bsd.java.mk according to the final proposal.
> > 2] Modify all current ports to use the new system
> > 3] Get more applications in the tree
> > 4] Modify portlint to produce warnings in case of fixed references
> to JDKs
> > 5] Find a way to change a JDK at runtime (*after* install)
> >
> > Something like this. Phase 1 is at the moment the most important,
> that's for
> > sure :-)
>
> Has there been any movement on this? As a full-time Java developer who
> uses
> FreeBSD as my primary OS, I'm continually frustrated by the
> schizophrenic
> nature of many Java ports. (To wit, I've spent much of this evening
> tracking
> down issues in lang/jython and its use of java/javavmwrapper, which
> seems to
> have a bug w.r.t passing the -cp option - PRs forthcoming.)
>
> I'm no ports guru, but I am willing to help migrate existing ports to
> use the
> new system. Moreover, I have some free time coming up. :-)
>
> So, what's the status on implementing the new system?
>
> --
> Christopher Elkins
>
I'm working on drafting a prototype bsd.java.mk for public
consideration around Friday. I have my Finals to deal with through
Wednesday, and then I'll be able to concentrate my full efforts. It's
a first for me, but I think I've got it figured out (sort of . . .) :)
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