Bug#710498: subversion: enable java components on mips and mipsel
[James McCoy] Peter, what do you think of a) dropping the arch blacklists for Java and b) changing from gcj-jdk to default-jdk? I'm a bit leery of using only OpenJDK everywhere, in principle, if it causes gcj to fade away. Java was always supposed to be an open platform, but these days it seems Oracle controls the only viable implementations. They effectively killed a competing effort at the ASF, after suing Google for daring to use it for the Android platform, a Java implementation they didn't control. (I don't know how the lawsuit went, but the Apache subproject died when its contributors all saw that there was no future in trying to oppose Oracle.) But... If the rest of the Debian Project has voted with their feet, and we support Oracle's de facto hegemony over Java, there's no reason for Subversion to stand against it. Besides, I don't even care much about Java in the first place. So, the main reason I haven't switched to OpenJDK and revisit the per-arch list, is just that it didn't seem worth the effort. If it's worth it now, go ahead. Ubuntu has already done so. (Not surprising, as they employ the openjdk maintainer.) Peter -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
Bug#710498: subversion: enable java components on mips and mipsel
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 08:28:21AM -0400, Harry Prevor wrote: I've noticed as per the buildd logs that subversion is built on mips and mipsel only with the --disable-java flag, while on all other architectures it is not built with this flag. All other Debian-supported architectures. There are debian-ports.org architectures which are also blacklisted. Considering java works fine on mips and mipsel, I'd like that build flag to be removed for those architectures so packages like libsvn-java (which a lot of packages, including NetBeans, depend on) can be built. I'd tend to agree. mips(el) were blacklisted 7 years ago. It seems the Java implementations have made some progress since then. I ran test builds (using both gcj and openjdk) on eder.d.o and gabrielli.d.o, both of which ran fine. Peter, what do you think of a) dropping the arch blacklists for Java and b) changing from gcj-jdk to default-jdk? Cheers, -- James GPG Key: 4096R/331BA3DB 2011-12-05 James McCoy james...@debian.org signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#710498: subversion: enable java components on mips and mipsel
Package: subversion Version: 1.6.17dfsg-4+deb7u2 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, I've noticed as per the buildd logs that subversion is built on mips and mipsel only with the --disable-java flag, while on all other architectures it is not built with this flag. Considering java works fine on mips and mipsel, I'd like that build flag to be removed for those architectures so packages like libsvn-java (which a lot of packages, including NetBeans, depend on) can be built. See: https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=subversionarch=mipselver=1.7.9-1stamp=1365410157 Thanks. -- System Information: Debian Release: 7.0 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: mipsel (mips64) Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-loongson-2f Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages subversion depends on: ii libapr1 1.4.6-3 ii libc6 2.13-38 ii libsasl2-2 2.1.25.dfsg1-6 ii libsvn1 1.6.17dfsg-4+deb7u2 subversion recommends no packages. Versions of packages subversion suggests: ii db5.1-util5.1.29-5 ii patch 2.6.1-3 pn subversion-tools none -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
