Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2019 20:27:38 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, gnome@freebsd.org, kwm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: www/webkit-gtk2 deprecation? Message-ID: <CAJuc1zP9HG2HLM4qvADKE7ufQWDP2z6P4uUog-MR3f43u1BZpw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20190225072331.GV2748@home.opsec.eu> References: <CAJuc1zPXXvvHRZNpnfLDkJOmaPyfapmkKe0zKfcz-vgxshfCPw@mail.gmail.com> <20190225072331.GV2748@home.opsec.eu>
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On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 at 20:23, Kurt Jaeger <pi@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Hi! > > > I notice that www/webkit-gtk2 has just been marked as FORBIDDEN and > > DEPRECATED. While I'm usually for putting down unmaintained ports, > > this particular port is a dependancy for java/eclipse. I'm sure that > > users of java/eclipse will not be happy about its loss from FreeBSD > > ports (I know I'm not). Can we leave it in the tree until a newer port > > of java/eclipse comes along? > > We have 4.6.2 in the ports. Current version upstream seems to be 2018 12 R, > I don't know how this translates to 4.x.y ? Unfortunately, the porting effort for Eclipse is quite an involved process. My feeble attempts to bring java/eclipse up to date have borne no useful results. I've pinged the maintainer, but haven't heard anything back from him. > Is the debate about openjdk11 also playing a role here ? No, this is separate from that discussion. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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