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Date:      Thu, 7 Jul 2011 10:20:18 +0200
From:      =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Ladan?= <rene@freebsd.org>
To:        Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>
Cc:        java@freebsd.org, glewis@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: patch to clean up Java 1.3 and Java 1.4 from bsd.java.mk
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2011/7/7 Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>:
> G'day Ren=E9,
>
> On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 10:05:26AM +0200, Ren=E9 Ladan wrote:
>> Hi Greg,
>>
>> I made a patch to bsd.java.mk [1] to completely remove support for
>> Java 1.3 and Java 1.4.
>> If you agree, I plan to request an exp-run with all Java 1.3 and 1.4
>> ports removed (except for
>> the -doc ports) and the ports at [2] updated to modern / non-hardcoded v=
alues.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Ren=E9
>>
>> [1] ftp://rene-ladan.nl/pub/freebsd/bsd.java.mk.diff
>> [2] ftp://rene-ladan.nl/pub/freebsd/java-blackdown.txt
>> [2] ftp://rene-ladan.nl/pub/freebsd/java-version.txt
>
> Thanks for doing this. =A0The problem I have is that the first patch remo=
ves
> all support for JAVA_VERSION < 1.5. =A0I had a similar patch that preserv=
es
> this support by mapping 1.2+, 1.3+ and 1.4+ to 1.5+, much the way things
> work currently for 1.2+. =A0Based on java-version.txt, that's an awful lo=
t
> of ports that need to be touched otherwise. =A0Were you proposing to upda=
te
> those ports at the same time as you commit your patch?
>
Yes, that is the idea because it makes things more clear.  That's why I thi=
nk
of asking for an exp-run. The exp-run patch would contain removed 1.3/1.4,
updated bsd.java.mk (including Jikes removal as suggested by Herve), and
all ports in java-*.txt updated.

Ren=E9



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