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Date:      Wed, 10 Oct 2012 12:28:06 +0200
From:      Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Jung-uk Kim <jkim@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org>, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: java diablo-jdk
Message-ID:  <20121010102806.GC26497@ithaqua.etoilebsd.net>
In-Reply-To: <5074C1D7.3040209@FreeBSD.org>
References:  <20121009231547.1f4cfa57@davenulle.org> <5074C1D7.3040209@FreeBSD.org>

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On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 08:31:19PM -0400, Jung-uk Kim wrote:
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>=20
> On 2012-10-09 17:15:47 -0400, Patrick Lamaiziere wrote:
> > Hello,
> >=20
> > I do not see the point to keep diablo-jdk as a build dependency of=20
> > java. Is there something that prevent us to distribute a package
> > of openjdk, just to be able to built a native version of openjdk
> > or sunjdk ?
>=20
> No.  The only problem is we have to provide entire sources + our
> patches along with the tarball *somewhere*, just to comply with GPL.
>=20
> > I'm tired of the "fetch the diablo-jdk from FreeBSD and agree with=20
> > the license". And even more since I use poudriere to build=20
> > packages.
> >=20
> > The FreeBSD java support is not bad (I'm happy with it, I can do=20
> > all my Java developpement on FreeBSD using netbeans and openjdk)=20
> > but this dependency on diablo really sucks. We don't need this=20
> > IMO.
>=20
> There are actually two possibilities, i.e., a) build openjdk from
> completely open-sourced and bootstrap-less environment or b)
> distribute special binary openjdk tarballs only for bootstrapping.  b)
> is pretty straight forward (albeit the source distribution problem)
> and I am working on it as an interim solution.  A preliminary port is
> here:
>=20
> https://redports.org/browser/jkim/java/bootstrap-openjdk
>=20
> However, I believe a) is the ultimate solution, e.g., ECJ/GCJ + GNU
> classpath + CacaoVM/JamVM/Avian, etc.  (VMKit/LLVM is in my wildest
> dreams...)

Being able to bootstrap using ECJ/GCJ would be awesome :D

regards,
Bapt

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