[gentoo-java] sun-jdk 1.5

[gentoo-java] sun-jdk 1.5

[nil nil]

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Just as my first e-mail to the list, I would like to know why Sun's 1.5 vm
isn't unmasked (and Netbeans 5, although that depends on having a 1.5 jdk so
that makes sense). Not to be pushy, but this is about the first thing I came
across in portage that was behind Debian.

~Cheers

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Re: [gentoo-java] sun-jdk 1.5

[Wiktor Wandachowicz]

Hmm. During the last week or so, Java handling in Gentoo has
incorporated substantial changes, which are the results of
almost a year long work. One of the most important goals was
to enable Java 1.5 for Gentoo, keeping downward compatibility
with packages that still require Java 1.4 to work (and refuse to
compile under Java 1.5, for example).

This is a work in progress, but it is happening Right Now (TM).
Please read this first to get a better picture:
https://projects.gentooexperimental.org/expj/wiki/
https://projects.gentooexperimental.org/expj/wiki/Old_system_new_system_and_why
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/java/java-upgrade.xml

Hopefully Java 1.5, Java 1.6, NetBeans 5.* and many other great
packages will be unmasked in the near future, but the whole
system is currently in the testing stage (~arch). It is as such
to eliminate last flaws and bugs, but in overall everything works
quite well. Example: yesterday I emerged tomcat-5.5.17 without
a single problem, only with warnings from older (1.4) packages
using deprecated (!) API. And I remember how problematic it was
to compile such packages with Java 1.5 some months ago, mostly
of XML parsers using "enum" as the variable name (!) in the
source code...

So, masked - yes, but for only testing purposes, with the intention
to unmask ASAP.

I hope this will address your objections.

Wiktor Wandachowicz

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Re: [gentoo-java] sun-jdk 1.5

[Caster]

nil nil wrote:
> Just as my first e-mail to the list, I would like to know why Sun's 1.5
> vm isn't unmasked (and Netbeans 5, although that depends on having a 1.5
> jdk so that makes sense). Not to be pushy, but this is about the first
> thing I came across in portage that was behind Debian.

They are not (hard)masked, java 1.5 was unmasked just recently, it just
has ~arch keyword until more testing and stabilization happens. Recent
netbeans are in migration-packages overlay for now (you can get it at
https://projects.gentooexperimental.org/expj/wiki ) and aren't
hardmasked, just ~arch too.

Caster
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Re: [gentoo-java] sun-jdk 1.5

[Joshua Nichols]

Caster wrote:
> They are not (hard)masked, java 1.5 was unmasked just recently, it just
> has ~arch keyword until more testing and stabilization happens. Recent
> netbeans are in migration-packages overlay for now (you can get it at
> https://projects.gentooexperimental.org/expj/wiki ) and aren't
> hardmasked, just ~arch too.
>
> Caster
>   
I'm pretty sure you probably meant to give the svn URL, which is:
http://svn.gentooexperimental.org/svn/java/migration-packages/


I don't think information related to migration-packages is anywhere on
our wiki.

- Josh
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