Re: git: 4cda17ab1458 - main - */*: Refactor java/openjdk7 removal

From: Moin Rahman <bofh_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2023 16:59:15 UTC

> On Apr 5, 2023, at 5:48 PM, Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Apr 04, 2023 at 06:11:09PM +0000, Muhammad Moinur Rahman wrote:
>> commit 4cda17ab14588e6e4fdac7f697e246554ce82af3
>> 
>>  Refactor java/openjdk7 removal
>> 
>>  - Since the introduction of jdk version 18 it looks like similar with
>>    jdk version 8(java version string 1.8). This is prone to error as it
>>    looks similar and is only seperated by a '.'. Remove using
>>    JAVA_VERSION with dotted fomat of java version string and update all
>>    consumers to utilize version 8 instead of 1.8.
>> 
>> @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
>> 
>> USES=		zip:infozip
>> USE_JAVA=	yes
>> -JAVA_VERSION=	1.8+
>> +JAVA_VERSION=	8+
> 
> Perhaps we should drop JAVA_VERSION as USE_JAVA accepts versions similar
> to USE_GCC; separate JAVA_VERSION is just a needless cognitive burden.
> 
> ./danfe

You speak my mind; but one step at a time. That is planned in step 2 and in step 3 I am going to convert this into USES=java.

Kind regards,
Moin