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On Fri, Dec 21, 2007 at 10:33:31AM +0100, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: |
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> When will we (or better, portage) be able to compile java from sources? |
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> What's the status of the transition? How does openjdk relate to sun-jdk? |
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Apparently there are some bits in sun-jdk licensed from 3rd parties that |
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are proprietary. Openjdk project is to replace the proprietary pieces to |
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get a fully buildable open source java. However, there's already a |
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project called IcedTea that combines the open parts of Java with GNU |
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classpath to get a useable jdk. I found a package of it for one of my |
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boxes running ubuntu, and it works fine. Maybe we should have an ebuild |
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for it too.. |
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