patch to clean up Java 1.3 and Java 1.4 from bsd.java.mk

[Greg Lewis]

G'day René,

On Thu, Jul 07, 2011 at 10:20:18AM +0200, René Ladan wrote:
> 2011/7/7 Greg Lewis <glewis at eyesbeyond.com>:
> > On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 10:05:26AM +0200, René Ladan wrote:
> >> Hi Greg,
> >>
> >> I made a patch to bsd.java.mk [1] to completely remove support for
> >> Java 1.3 and Java 1.4.
> >> If you agree, I plan to request an exp-run with all Java 1.3 and 1.4
> >> ports removed (except for
> >> the -doc ports) and the ports at [2] updated to modern / non-hardcoded values.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> René
> >>
> >> [1] ftp://rene-ladan.nl/pub/freebsd/bsd.java.mk.diff
> >> [2] ftp://rene-ladan.nl/pub/freebsd/java-blackdown.txt
> >> [2] ftp://rene-ladan.nl/pub/freebsd/java-version.txt
> >
> > Thanks for doing this.  The problem I have is that the first patch removes
> > all support for JAVA_VERSION < 1.5.  I had a similar patch that preserves
> > this support by mapping 1.2+, 1.3+ and 1.4+ to 1.5+, much the way things
> > work currently for 1.2+.  Based on java-version.txt, that's an awful lot
> > of ports that need to be touched otherwise.  Were you proposing to update
> > those ports at the same time as you commit your patch?
> >
> Yes, that is the idea because it makes things more clear.  That's why I think
> of asking for an exp-run. The exp-run patch would contain removed 1.3/1.4,
> updated bsd.java.mk (including Jikes removal as suggested by Herve), and
> all ports in java-*.txt updated.

That sounds great!  Please go ahead and let me know if there is anything I
can do to help.

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