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Hmm. During the last week or so, Java handling in Gentoo has |
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incorporated substantial changes, which are the results of |
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almost a year long work. One of the most important goals was |
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to enable Java 1.5 for Gentoo, keeping downward compatibility |
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with packages that still require Java 1.4 to work (and refuse to |
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compile under Java 1.5, for example). |
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This is a work in progress, but it is happening Right Now (TM). |
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Please read this first to get a better picture: |
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https://projects.gentooexperimental.org/expj/wiki/ |
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https://projects.gentooexperimental.org/expj/wiki/Old_system_new_system_and_why |
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http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/java/java-upgrade.xml |
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Hopefully Java 1.5, Java 1.6, NetBeans 5.* and many other great |
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packages will be unmasked in the near future, but the whole |
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system is currently in the testing stage (~arch). It is as such |
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to eliminate last flaws and bugs, but in overall everything works |
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quite well. Example: yesterday I emerged tomcat-5.5.17 without |
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a single problem, only with warnings from older (1.4) packages |
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using deprecated (!) API. And I remember how problematic it was |
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to compile such packages with Java 1.5 some months ago, mostly |
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of XML parsers using "enum" as the variable name (!) in the |
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source code... |
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So, masked - yes, but for only testing purposes, with the intention |
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to unmask ASAP. |
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I hope this will address your objections. |
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Wiktor Wandachowicz |
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Registered Linux user #390131 (http://counter.li.org) |
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