On Wed, Oct 10, 2012 at 12:28:06PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote: > On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 08:31:19PM -0400, Jung-uk Kim wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 2012-10-09 17:15:47 -0400, Patrick Lamaiziere wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I do not see the point to keep diablo-jdk as a build dependency of > > > java. Is there something that prevent us to distribute a package > > > of openjdk, just to be able to built a native version of openjdk > > > or sunjdk ? > > > > No. The only problem is we have to provide entire sources + our > > patches along with the tarball *somewhere*, just to comply with GPL. > > > > > I'm tired of the "fetch the diablo-jdk from FreeBSD and agree with > > > the license". And even more since I use poudriere to build > > > packages. > > > > > > The FreeBSD java support is not bad (I'm happy with it, I can do > > > all my Java developpement on FreeBSD using netbeans and openjdk) > > > but this dependency on diablo really sucks. We don't need this > > > IMO. > > > > There are actually two possibilities, i.e., a) build openjdk from > > completely open-sourced and bootstrap-less environment or b) > > distribute special binary openjdk tarballs only for bootstrapping. b) > > is pretty straight forward (albeit the source distribution problem) > > and I am working on it as an interim solution. A preliminary port is > > here: > > > > https://redports.org/browser/jkim/java/bootstrap-openjdk > > > > However, I believe a) is the ultimate solution, e.g., ECJ/GCJ + GNU > > classpath + CacaoVM/JamVM/Avian, etc. (VMKit/LLVM is in my wildest > > dreams...) > > Being able to bootstrap using ECJ/GCJ would be awesome :D
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