Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 23:30:00 -0600 From: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: x@Vex.Net, kuriyama@freebsd.org, daichi@freebsd.org, araujo@freebsd.org, support@kryltech.com, ports@freebsd.org, matusita@freebsd.org, yasi@yasi.to, kaeru@inigo-tech.com, java@freebsd.org, glewis@freebsd.org, leeym@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ports depending on FORBIDDEN ports Message-ID: <20070721053000.GA10579@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <20070721005252.GJ1176@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20070721005252.GJ1176@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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G'day Peter, Thanks for summarising this. Responses for some specific ports below. On Sat, Jul 21, 2007 at 10:52:52AM +1000, Peter Jeremy wrote: > The misc/compat3x port is unlikely to ever be fixed and therefore it would > seem reasonable to deprecate both it and the following ports that depend > on it: > java/gj-jdk11 Extension of the Java programming language that supports generic types Should be removed. Modern versions support generics natively. > java/infobus Enables dynamic exchange of data between JavaBeans(TM) Just installs a JAR, can depend on a higher version of the JDK instead. > java/jdk11 Java Development Kit 1.1 > java/jdk12 Java Development Kit 1.2 Should be removed, as should all JDKs < 1.4 except for jdk13. > java/jfc Java Foundation Classes (JFC)/Swing Should be removed. > java/jre Standard Java Platform for running Java programs Should be removed. > java/tya A ``100% unofficial'' JIT-compiler for java Should depend on jdk13 instead of jdk11. > I'm particularly concerned about the existence of 'java/jre' and it's > description as the 'Standard Java Platform for running Java programs'. > This appears to occasionally trap people who are looking for a current > JRE and attempt to install java/jre. It and anything that depends on it should be removed. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org
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