Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 10:47:08 -0400 From: George Neville-Neil <gnn@neville-neil.com> To: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> Cc: eclipse@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Upgrading java/eclipse and java/eclipse-devel Message-ID: <42E25F8D-FF10-4E62-8B96-1A04AEF7B7BF@neville-neil.com> In-Reply-To: <20130808042712.GA42505@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <0F5A2320-D5E0-4008-A065-E27959D54AA7@neville-neil.com> <20130808042712.GA42505@misty.eyesbeyond.com>
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On Aug 8, 2013, at 0:27 , Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 05:03:26PM -0400, George Neville-Neil wrote: >> Howdy, >>=20 >> Eclipse 4.2, which we have in java/eclipse-devel has been out for = over a year and Eclipse 4.3 is "nearly done" as far >> as anyone can tell. I'd like to propose that we copy the devel port = to the normal port, and then do two things. >> First I'd like to get Eclipse 4.2 working with openjdk7. RIght now = the build fails but that was just a naive attempt >> to build the port with the new jdk. Secondly we can mark = eclipse-devel broken until we can start getting 4.3 >> running in that port. >>=20 >> Thoughts? >=20 > Just catching up on being way behind with email... >=20 > The port moving has been on my TODO list for far too long. Please go = ahead > with it if you've got the bandwidth to do so. You probably want to = apply > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D181124 to eclipse-devel = first > though. >=20 > Sounds like getting 4.3 working is going to be a pretty major effort = given > the follow ups in the thread. >=20 > I'd also like to see Eclipse working much better on FreeBSD. >=20 OK, unless anyone objects I will do this in the next day or so. My plan = is to svn rm the old port and svn mv devel to eclipse. If there is another process = to follow please let me know. I'll update the devel port to point to 4.3 and to = be ignored, but then folks can start hacking on it. Best, George
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