From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jul 7 08:20:19 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F8DC106566C; Thu, 7 Jul 2011 08:20:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from r.c.ladan@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f54.google.com (mail-pz0-f54.google.com [209.85.210.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 102F28FC0C; Thu, 7 Jul 2011 08:20:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk27 with SMTP id 27so770550pzk.13 for ; Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:20:18 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=dE8VVLSQ8s0cNnNzbyKEJBTbMGySWZ+1Gp+asJFrW5Q=; b=uQJubmak7Y/PKRCJBmKaYwagj2iZpz/AvMKhYZ7lkHqfAZSbpi8EHDyuAFpx9wWcRD MgOqDb/tOIj1lLCLsit7RQo5Sz4B0H6C/siVgxOg1FqKfqB23ZltgXixCWIB9vWYN9RF bl+/Lm29qmWzt4d9CCa3mQjqTyrqR8ZKVqgXk= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.150.27 with SMTP id x27mr304192wfd.72.1310026818337; Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:20:18 -0700 (PDT) Sender: r.c.ladan@gmail.com Received: by 10.142.199.16 with HTTP; Thu, 7 Jul 2011 01:20:18 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20110707074258.GA4688@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <20110707074258.GA4688@misty.eyesbeyond.com> Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 10:20:18 +0200 X-Google-Sender-Auth: vUc3_Vmla4zzCYzR9I8vKT7q00Y Message-ID: From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9_Ladan?= To: Greg Lewis Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: java@freebsd.org, glewis@freebsd.org Subject: Re: patch to clean up Java 1.3 and Java 1.4 from bsd.java.mk X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 07 Jul 2011 08:20:19 -0000 2011/7/7 Greg Lewis : > 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