Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 14:41:13 +0100 From: Herve Quiroz <herve.quiroz@esil.univ-mrs.fr> To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Building Java ports from sources or not ? Message-ID: <20031105134113.GA4657@andouillette.esil.univ-mrs.fr> In-Reply-To: <20031104204107.GF25638@zot.electricrain.com> References: <20031104182139.GB37133@andouillette.esil.univ-mrs.fr> <20031104204107.GF25638@zot.electricrain.com>
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On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 12:41:07PM -0800, Chris Doherty wrote: > On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 07:21:39PM +0100, Herve Quiroz said: > > I was wondering if it is actually relevant to try and build Java ports > > from source. Indeed I used to agree with this policy (mostly because it > > allows the user to be sure that all dependencies are installed as well) > > but it is quite painful to maintain. > ... > > So do we need to agree on some common policy or is it a "per-case" > > issue? > > seems like a per-case thing to me, and up to the port maintainer--I don't > think the port maintainers are obligated to have a port build from source > if binary works just as well, and I know in my case I don't need to wait > an hour (slow machine) to get an Ant package identical to a binary. > > like the old cvsup-bin port was a real time- and space-saver for those of > us who didn't need to wait a day and end up with modula-3 installed. I didn't even think of build time issues. That's another good point. > if there are no functionality or security issues, I'd vote for > maintainer's choice. I guess you'd be kind of hosed if you wanted to > install from source, though...maybe use the source distro to compile your > own binary package or something. I agree with you. So unless someone else bring me some good arguments regarding built-from-sources Java ports, I going to make most of my maintained Java ports in binary form (which is already the case BTW). Thanks for your reply. Hervehome | help
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