From owner-freebsd-java Mon Nov 4 8:36:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DF9D37B401 for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 08:36:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from zaphod.euronet.nl (zaphod.euronet.nl [194.134.168.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB1B643E3B for ; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 08:36:26 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from ernst@zaphod.euronet.nl) Received: from zaphod.euronet.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zaphod.euronet.nl (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gA4GaWvK028854; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 17:36:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ernst@zaphod.euronet.nl) Received: (from ernst@localhost) by zaphod.euronet.nl (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id gA4GaWZU028853; Mon, 4 Nov 2002 17:36:32 +0100 (CET) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Ernst de Haan To: Herve Quiroz , freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Jakarta Log4J port and versioning of JAR files Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2002 17:36:32 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.4.3 References: <20021104152614.D32423-100000@puget.esil.univ-mrs.fr> In-Reply-To: <20021104152614.D32423-100000@puget.esil.univ-mrs.fr> X-Address: Muiderstraat 1, Amsterdam, Netherlands MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-Id: <200211041736.32429.znerd@FreeBSD.org> Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Monday 04 November 2002 15:32, Herve Quiroz wrote: > The jakarta-log4j port is installing a single JAR file with no version > number in it (as it is recommended by Ernst proposal if I remember). > However, log4j 1.3 will drop suuport for JDK1.1 and therefore we will > need to keep two versions of the library at the same time. How are we > supposed to deal with this ? Maybe just install versioned JAR files with > symlinks... But then we would need some standardized way of doing such as > a script or a ${INSTALL_JAR} statement in bsd.java.mk. > > What are your opinions ? Is there already something recommended ? Question is whether we really need to maintain compatibility with Java 1.1 for all Java library ports. Most Java libraries support Java 1.2+ anyway... Ernst To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message