Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 11:00:58 -0700 From: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> To: Andriy Gapon <avg@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-eclipse@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: adding and maintaining the port upstream Message-ID: <20110409180058.GB31452@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <4D9F29E1.6020606@FreeBSD.org> References: <4D95B654.1090900@FreeBSD.org> <4D9F29E1.6020606@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 06:29:37PM +0300, Andriy Gapon wrote: > on 01/04/2011 14:26 Andriy Gapon said the following: > > As a an Eclipse user I would really love to have this. > > I think that many people would also appreciate it. > > > > But I have not been involved in Eclipse porting and maintaining at all. > > > > So I'd like to ask the people who have been doing all the hard (and very > > impressive!) work for many years. > > Guys, what do you think about this? > > > > Here is a link that describes the procedure of adding a new platform: > > http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform-releng-faq#I_would_like_to_recompile_eclipse_on_a_platform_that_is_not_currently_supported._What_is_the_best_approach_to_this.3F__How_can_I_ensure_that_the_community_can_use_my_work.3F > > > > I've asked people on the eclipse-dev mailing list: > > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.ide.eclipse.devel/1860 > > and they "haven't had success in the past with community contributions of new > > platforms". Their biggest concern is the ongoing support/maintenance - fixing > > bugs, staying current with the changes, etc. > > > > On one hand, pushing most of our porting changes upstream should make future > > porting easier for us. On the other hand, it's a big commitment. We (you, > > actually) already do sort of maintenance work, but currently it seems to be more > > of on-and-off kind rather than continuous - but I could be wrong here, because I > > have not been deeply involved in FreeBSD Eclipse community. > > > > So, what is the best for us? > > So, no interest? I'm very interested in that happening, but I have no time to pursue it. The bulk of my time is devoted to keeping the port of OpenJDK 7 (the OpenJDK hosted port that is, not java/openjdk7) up to date. FWIW, I expect this would require a more effort than the periodic Eclipse updates we do now, but that effort would be more spread out. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org
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