Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 23:01:32 -0700 From: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Ren=E9?= Ladan <rene@freebsd.org> Cc: java@freebsd.org, glewis@freebsd.org Subject: Re: patch to clean up Java 1.3 and Java 1.4 from bsd.java.mk Message-ID: <20110708060132.GA19522@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <CADL2u4icumr4=Za1Ns9LWRpyidNrxhe1y=CaVJvtk4PS%2B7LGiA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CADL2u4g%2B-xZ-oai7UHqq7aYWFs12U86qwPFq4akXBMdiQT6RmQ@mail.gmail.com> <20110707074258.GA4688@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <CADL2u4icumr4=Za1Ns9LWRpyidNrxhe1y=CaVJvtk4PS%2B7LGiA@mail.gmail.com>
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G'day René, On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 10:20:18AM +0200, René Ladan wrote: > 2011/7/7 Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>: > > On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 10:05:26AM +0200, René 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 values. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> René > >> > >> [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. The problem I have is that the first patch removes > > all support for JAVA_VERSION < 1.5. I had a similar patch that preserves > > this support by mapping 1.2+, 1.3+ and 1.4+ to 1.5+, much the way things > > work currently for 1.2+. Based on java-version.txt, that's an awful lot > > of ports that need to be touched otherwise. Were you proposing to update > > 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 think > 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. That sounds great! Please go ahead and let me know if there is anything I can do to help. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org
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