Re: java outlook for stretch and buster

2016-09-10 Thread Matthias Klose
On 10.09.2016 12:28, Andrew Haley wrote: > On 10/09/16 11:09, Matthias Klose wrote: > >> The ARM32 port already is in an upstream repository, and I'm told >> that the s390x is on it's way. Even if these ports will not be >> merged before openjdk-10, it's my intent to build these from their >> bra

Re: Remove a dependency with d/maven.rules

2016-09-10 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 10/09/2016 à 13:05, Giovanni Mascellani a écrit : > d/maven.rules can be used to fix wrong POM dependencies. Can it be use > to completely remove a dependency or should I resort to manual patching > in that case? Hi Giovanni, You can remove a dependency by simply adding a rule in debian/maven

Remove a dependency with d/maven.rules

2016-09-10 Thread Giovanni Mascellani
Dear Java packagers. d/maven.rules can be used to fix wrong POM dependencies. Can it be use to completely remove a dependency or should I resort to manual patching in that case? Thanks, Giovanni. -- Giovanni Mascellani PhD Student - Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, Italy http://poisson.phc.unip

Re: java outlook for stretch and buster

2016-09-10 Thread Andrew Haley
On 10/09/16 11:09, Matthias Klose wrote: > The ARM32 port already is in an upstream repository, and I'm told > that the s390x is on it's way. Even if these ports will not be > merged before openjdk-10, it's my intent to build these from their > branches, as done in the past with the AArch64 and P

java outlook for stretch and buster

2016-09-10 Thread Matthias Klose
As part of an overview of different toolchains [1], I looked at java as well (re-posted here): """ Java/OpenJDK For the stretch release openjdk-8 will be fine as the default java implementation. For buster, gcj (to be removed in GCC 7) won't be available anymore, and we'll end up wi