From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 6 17:20:07 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-java@hub.freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-java@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3822F16A41C for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 17:20:07 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED05F43D48 for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 17:20:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j56HK6b4020808 for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 17:20:06 GMT (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.13.3/8.13.1/Submit) id j56HK6Ol020807; Mon, 6 Jun 2005 17:20:06 GMT (envelope-from gnats) Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 17:20:06 GMT Message-Id: <200506061720.j56HK6Ol020807@freefall.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org From: Herve Quiroz Cc: Subject: Re: ports/81458: Update www/jakarta-tomcat5 to 5.5 X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: Herve Quiroz List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2005 17:20:07 -0000 The following reply was made to PR ports/81458; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Herve Quiroz To: Scott Balmos Cc: Kang Liu , bug-followup@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/81458: Update www/jakarta-tomcat5 to 5.5 Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 19:19:07 +0200 Hi Scott, On Mon, Jun 06, 2005 at 12:57:53PM -0400, Scott Balmos wrote: > Tossing in my two cents as an end-user/developer. I think it's more > appropriate it be named tomcat55. tomcat[4|5]-devel, to me, would be the > current developments on those brances, like betas/RCs of 5.0.x & 4.0.x. > But 5.5.x is a completely separate branch. Yes, that is what I was trying to suggest in my message actually. > And I don't think DEPRECATED should be used, either. Quite honestly, I > don't think any keyword should be used. I can't think of any immediate > example of any other non-devel port that uses some keyword in order to > scream "don't use this in production!" to users. I think people (at least > I am. :D) are apt to know what software is good enough to be used in what > situation. I agree with you. Now, the best would be that someone(tm) update "Java and Jakarta Tomcat on FreeBSD" [1] to reflect the latest tomcat ports additions and changes. > If I can make a suggestion... I don't know how this is handled in a ports > Makefile, but the JAVA_VERSION=1.5+ isn't quite right. JVM 1.5 is the most > recommended, of course. But 1.4.x+ can be used if the two XML > compatibility JARs are downloaded and installed also. Maybe this is the > job of a post-install script or a patchfile or something? Not sure, but > just suggesting. Ah, there's another port (textproc/xalan-j) that has some trouble with JDK 1.5. If you could tell me more about those XML compatibility JARs, I think I could solve this one as well. And no need for a post-install script. Just need to test which JDK is used in the port and add the dependency or not. Indeed, I think this compatibility kit should be part of a whole separate port. Thanks for your feedback. Herve [1] http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/java-tomcat/