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From: Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: dev-java/oracle-{jdk,jre}-bin and revdeps
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2020 08:27:40
Message-Id: 66cb4f60-e9d5-33eb-bd62-8f4f298f8831@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Last rites: dev-java/oracle-{jdk,jre}-bin and revdeps by Georgy Yakovlev
1 took a while, removed.
2
3 I was able to save jabref-bin, works fine with openjdk:8
4 geogebra now availabie as geogebra-bin and works with openjdk8 and 11.
5 sleuthkit was spared.
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7 rest is gone, but if someone wants to restore - patches welcome.
8
9
10 On 4/18/20 9:10 PM, Georgy Yakovlev wrote:
11 > # Georgy Yakovlev <gyakovlev@g.o> (2020-04-18)
12 > # Unmaintained, vulnerable oracle java ebuilds, even fetching distfiles
13 > # requires agreement to restrictive license
14 > # Revdeps that still depend on oracle variants require javafx
15 > # Please use icedtea or openjdk instead.
16 > # Removal in 30 days.
17 > # https://bugs.gentoo.org/681828
18 > dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin
19 > dev-java/oracle-jre-bin
20 > app-forensics/sleuthkit
21 > app-text/jabref-bin
22 > dev-java/netbeans-platform
23 > dev-java/netbeans-harness
24 > games-util/pogo-manager-bin
25 > net-p2p/bisq
26 > sci-mathematics/geogebra
27 >
28 >
29 >
30 > Oracle java has been maintainer-needed since august 2019,
31 > no one stepped up.
32 > Removal in 30 days.
33 >
34 > If someone wants to save the javafx revdeps, best way will be
35 > packaging zulufx community [1], I can provide some guidance
36 > on packaging it, should not be too hard.
37 >