From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 8 15:29:39 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DC48C1065672; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:29:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from avg@FreeBSD.org) Received: from citadel.icyb.net.ua (citadel.icyb.net.ua [212.40.38.140]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 049C48FC0A; Fri, 8 Apr 2011 15:29:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: from odyssey.starpoint.kiev.ua (alpha-e.starpoint.kiev.ua [212.40.38.101]) by citadel.icyb.net.ua (8.8.8p3/ICyb-2.3exp) with ESMTP id SAA08015; Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:29:37 +0300 (EEST) (envelope-from avg@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: <4D9F29E1.6020606@FreeBSD.org> Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 18:29:37 +0300 From: Andriy Gapon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.15) Gecko/20110309 Lightning/1.0b2 Thunderbird/3.1.9 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-eclipse@FreeBSD.org References: <4D95B654.1090900@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <4D95B654.1090900@FreeBSD.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: adding and maintaining the port upstream 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: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:29:40 -0000 on 01/04/2011 14:26 Andriy Gapon said the following: > > As a an Eclipse user I would really love to have this. > I think that many people would also appreciate it. > > But I have not been involved in Eclipse porting and maintaining at all. > > So I'd like to ask the people who have been doing all the hard (and very > impressive!) work for many years. > Guys, what do you think about this? > > Here is a link that describes the procedure of adding a new platform: > http://wiki.eclipse.org/Platform-releng-faq#I_would_like_to_recompile_eclipse_on_a_platform_that_is_not_currently_supported._What_is_the_best_approach_to_this.3F__How_can_I_ensure_that_the_community_can_use_my_work.3F > > I've asked people on the eclipse-dev mailing list: > http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.ide.eclipse.devel/1860 > and they "haven't had success in the past with community contributions of new > platforms". Their biggest concern is the ongoing support/maintenance - fixing > bugs, staying current with the changes, etc. > > On one hand, pushing most of our porting changes upstream should make future > porting easier for us. On the other hand, it's a big commitment. We (you, > actually) already do sort of maintenance work, but currently it seems to be more > of on-and-off kind rather than continuous - but I could be wrong here, because I > have not been deeply involved in FreeBSD Eclipse community. > > So, what is the best for us? So, no interest? -- Andriy Gapon