Gentoo Archives: gentoo-java

From: Greg Tassone <greg@×××××××.net>
To: gentoo-java@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-java] blackdown-{jdk,jre}-1.3 is unstable
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 20:41:58
Message-Id: 1123101691.7871.22.camel@localhost
In Reply to: [gentoo-java] blackdown-{jdk,jre}-1.3 is unstable by "Petteri Räty"
1 Wow, that's an old bug and an old runtime. I don't use it and don't
2 know anyone that does, either on x86 or other archs.
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4 If it isn't stable then I see no need in trying to back-port fixes and
5 making it work with the new system libraries.
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7 Greg
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10 On Wed, 2005-08-03 at 23:20 +0300, Petteri Räty wrote:
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14 > I began testing using blackdown-jdk-1.3 because of
15 > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98837 while doing that I noticed
16 > that it is unstable [1,2] and many apps don't emerge with it. I would
17 > like to know if anyone is using this or needs it. In my opinion it would
18 > be best to remove at least stable keywording for x86 and ask other
19 > arches to test if they have similar problems. I also don't think this is
20 > the best choice for your applets. If I don't hear any objections I will
21 > be removing keywoarding for x86 at the end of the week.
22 >
23 > Regards,
24 > Petteri Räty (Betelgeuse)
25 >
26 > [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=427
27 > [2] http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=4654443
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