Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2017 12:13:00 -0800 From: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> To: marino@freebsd.org Cc: java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Port: java/openjdk6 Message-ID: <20170219201300.GA8011@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <f2c67608-c329-3859-f5e7-87e5182bf5db@marino.st> References: <f2c67608-c329-3859-f5e7-87e5182bf5db@marino.st>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 12:33:11PM -0600, John Marino wrote: > Openjdk6 has reached EOL (Dec 2016) > Ref: > http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk6-dev/2016-October/003606.html > > Isn't it time to deprecate on ports? > > John Since then there has been a new project lead appointed http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk6-dev/2017-January/003625.html and a new release http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk6-dev/2017-January/003615.html In short, the proposed EoL ended instead in a new maintainer. As long as they keep backporting patches it seems reasonable to keep it in ports as long as the maintainer is willing. That said, there is a separate question of how useful it is. As more and more Java software removes support for JDK 6 its usefulness diminishes. I think that is the more compelling discussion about whether to keep it going and in what form. E.g. should it remain as a port but be removed from javavm as an option? -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20170219201300.GA8011>