Re: [Cooker] Java packages now built using icedtea by default

[Steve Morris]

Anssi Hannula wrote:
> Steve Morris wrote:
>> Anssi Hannula wrote:
>>> Java packages are now built using icedtea by default on ix86 and
>>> x86_64, via new java-rpmbuild virtual jdk package.
>>>
>>>
>>> According to my earlier post, the next planned java build changes are:
>>>
>>>> - split eclipse-ecj out of eclipse (debian-style) to allow
>>>> main/contrib split
>>>> - move rest of eclipse to contrib
>>>> - move most of java stack to contrib, leaving only jpackage-utils,
>>>> java-rpmbuild, gcc4.3, java-1.5.0-gcj, java-1.7.0-icedtea,
>>>> eclipse-ecj, and a handful of dependencies to main
>>>>
>>>> Possibly at some point later:
>>>> - removal of gcj aot compiling 
>> What impact does this have on external packages that will not run with
>> iced-tea?
>
> This should not have impact on those.
>
Sorry, I didn't explain myself properly. It appears from this post that
there is a plan to make iced-tea the default java in the distribution. I
know that Netbeans 6 from Sun won't even install if iced-tea is the
running java, and eclipse 3.3 from the eclipse-foundation doesn't
function properly if iced-tea is the running java. Hence if iced-tea is
the default java how do we keep current in these packages?

regards,
Steve

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