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From: "Petteri Räty" <betelgeuse@g.o>
To: Thomas Matthijs <axxo@g.o>
Cc: gentoo-java@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-java] blackdown-{jdk,jre}-1.3 is unstable
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 06:13:29
Message-Id: 42F1B1F3.9080604@gentoo.org
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4 Thomas Matthijs wrote:
5 > * Petteri Räty (betelgeuse@g.o) wrote:
6 >
7 >>I began testing using blackdown-jdk-1.3 because of
8 >>http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=98837 while doing that I noticed
9 >>that it is unstable [1,2] and many apps don't emerge with it. I would
10 >>like to know if anyone is using this or needs it. In my opinion it would
11 >>be best to remove at least stable keywording for x86 and ask other
12 >>arches to test if they have similar problems. I also don't think this is
13 >>the best choice for your applets. If I don't hear any objections I will
14 >>be removing keywoarding for x86 at the end of the week.
15 >
16 >
17 >
18 > Do NOT do this.
19 > thanks.
20 >
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22 Any good reasons? Of course feel free to fix the issues with it and I
23 have no problem keeping it stable. If people need this for one specific
24 app, they can still unmask it for that, but imho blackdown-jdk is not
25 working well enough to be marked stable at the moment.
26
27 Regards,
28 Petteri Räty (Betelgeuse)
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