From owner-freebsd-eclipse@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 8 14:47:10 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: eclipse@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E8A17CB for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2013 14:47:10 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gnn@neville-neil.com) Received: from vps.hungerhost.com (vps.hungerhost.com [216.38.53.176]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 714A52825 for ; Thu, 8 Aug 2013 14:47:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [209.249.190.124] (port=64867 helo=gnnmac.hudson-trading.com) by vps.hungerhost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1V7RUZ-0001Gj-4t; Thu, 08 Aug 2013 10:47:07 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) Subject: Re: Upgrading java/eclipse and java/eclipse-devel From: George Neville-Neil In-Reply-To: <20130808042712.GA42505@misty.eyesbeyond.com> Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2013 10:47:08 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <42E25F8D-FF10-4E62-8B96-1A04AEF7B7BF@neville-neil.com> References: <0F5A2320-D5E0-4008-A065-E27959D54AA7@neville-neil.com> <20130808042712.GA42505@misty.eyesbeyond.com> To: Greg Lewis X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1508) X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - vps.hungerhost.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - neville-neil.com X-Get-Message-Sender-Via: vps.hungerhost.com: authenticated_id: gnn@neville-neil.com Cc: eclipse@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-eclipse@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "FreeBSD users of eclipse EDI, tools, rich client apps & ports." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2013 14:47:10 -0000 On Aug 8, 2013, at 0:27 , Greg Lewis 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