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From: Joshua Nichols <nichoj@gentoo.org>
Date: 25-okt-2006 22:55
Subject: Re: [gentoo-java] blueJ
To: gentoo-java@lists.gentoo.org

thomas blomme wrote:
> bluej-bin
> *Description: *BlueJ is an integrated Java environment specifically
> designed for introductory teaching.
> *Releases*    alpha   amd64   arm     hppa    ia64    mips    ppc     ppc64   ppc
> macos         s390    sh      sparc   sparc fbsd      x86     x86 fbsd
> 2.0.5 <http://packages.gentoo.org/ebuilds/?bluej-bin-2.0.5>   -
> ~     -       -       -       -       ~       -       -       -       -       -       -       ~       -
> 2.0.4 <http://packages.gentoo.org/ebuilds/?bluej-bin-2.0.4>   -
> ~     -       -       -       -       ~       -       -       -       -       -       -       ~       -
> 1.3.5 <http://packages.gentoo.org/ebuilds/?bluej-bin-1.3.5>   -
> +     -       -       -       -       ~       -       -       -       -       -       -       +
>
>
> why is only 1.3.5 available?  Why are  there no ebuilds between 1.3.5
> and 2.0.4?  It's rather annoying if you have to work with a version
> that is very very old.
>
> --
> Van
> Thomas Blomme

There are two things to the answer:

1) Because no one, that I know of, has been maintaining bluej, so it's
probably a bit neglected

2) Depending on what versions you are looking for... generally we'd only
keep the latest version around.

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Gentoo/Java - Project Lead

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