[gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: dev-java/oracle-{jdk,jre}-bin and revdeps

[gentoo-dev-announce] Last rites: dev-java/oracle-{jdk,jre}-bin and revdeps

[Georgy Yakovlev]

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# Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev@gentoo.org> (2020-04-18)
# Unmaintained, vulnerable oracle java ebuilds, even fetching distfiles
# requires agreement to restrictive license
# Revdeps that still depend on oracle variants require javafx
# Please use icedtea or openjdk instead.
# Removal in 30 days.
# https://bugs.gentoo.org/681828
dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin
dev-java/oracle-jre-bin
app-forensics/sleuthkit
app-text/jabref-bin
dev-java/netbeans-platform
dev-java/netbeans-harness
games-util/pogo-manager-bin
net-p2p/bisq
sci-mathematics/geogebra



Oracle java has been maintainer-needed since august 2019,
no one stepped up.
Removal in 30 days.

If someone wants to save the javafx revdeps, best way will be
packaging zulufx community [1], I can provide some guidance
on packaging it, should not be too hard.

-- 
Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev@gentoo.org>

[1] https://www.azul.com/downloads/zulu-community/?version=java-8-lts&os=linux&package=jdk-fx

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