Thanks for discussing this issue. It is true that there is a Java as a
category, but I am almost sure that this check is not available there. I guess
the best choice is to run a script and let the user to download the appropriate
JDK.
> On Mar 31, 2016, at 12:24 PM, Ryan Schmidt <ryandes...@macports.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Mar 31, 2016, at 10:54 AM, Chris Jones wrote:
>> On 31/03/16 16:50, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>> On Mar 31, 2016, at 10:47 AM, Abdulrahman Alshammari wrote:
>>>> On Mar 31, 2016, at 11:26 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>>>>> On Mar 31, 2016, at 10:00 AM, Abdulrahman Alshammari wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Someone told me that I can download JDk from macports. However, I could
>>>>>> not find the any port belong to this. What I need is to update my JDK
>>>>>> version without going to Oracle website.
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm not aware of a port that provides the JDK. Why don't you want to
>>>>> download it from Oracle?
>>>>
>>>> Because I want to make it as a dependency for other software. Is there any
>>>> way. I remember your suggestion about jdk checker, but it will be better
>>>> if I can download it.
>>>
>>> Hmm. We have a port for oracle-instantclient, but we are not able to
>>> download its distfiles automatically due to restrictions imposed by the
>>> Oracle web site; they require agreeing to a license agreement first. So
>>> installing that port is somewhat inconvenient for users. I don't know if
>>> the JDK has similar restrictions. In any case, the JDK probably needs to
>>> install into system locations, so it would not be suitable for installing
>>> via a port. I think we just expect the user to install the JDK manually.
>>> The JDK used to be part of OS X, so it was a non-issue, and we haven't
>>> really developed a better strategy now that JDK is separate.
>>>
>>
>> I think given the nature of the JDK is really is not something we want
>> macports installing automatically for a user. I for one would want to be
>> made very aware when its required. So I think really the right thing to do
>> here is to just check if it is available, and if not issue a message to the
>> user telling them what to do to install it themselves (at which point they
>> can decide if they really want the port that requires it...).
>
> Since there's likely more than one port needing this kind of check, it would
> make sense to abstract it out into a portgroup. We already have a java
> portgroup. I'm not entirely clear on how it's used, but maybe it makes sense
> to add this check to that portgroup.
>
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