Eclipse 3.2 port (java/eclipse32)

Palle Girgensohn girgen at FreeBSD.org
Mon Oct 9 06:53:09 PDT 2006



--On tisdag, oktober 03, 2006 11.50.26 -0400 David Sledge 
<dsledge at appriss.com> wrote:

>
>
> Palle Girgensohn wrote:
>>
>>
>> --On fredag, september 01, 2006 19.54.17 -0400 David Sledge
>> <dsledge at appriss.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It looks like the safest thing to do is submit the port as
>>> java/eclipse32
>>> and leave the existing java/eclipse port alone. As plugins get updated
>>> for the new port of eclipse version 3.2 we will eventually be able to
>>> remove the old port. I plan to submit the PR on Wednesday as I am
>>> currently away from my FreeBSD computer :( . Thank you for all your
>>> input, help and testing on this port.
>>
>> There is a patch release, 3.2.1. Will you consider adding those fixes,
>> i.e. updating the port to 3.2.1, or is it too late for that? I guess
>> we can always update the port later.
>>
>> I just stated, in another mail, that I'd rather see an update of the
>> old port of eclipse, we really don't need two different ports for
>> eclipse, but I guess just creating a new port is faster, and will fix
>> existing plugin ports quicker. Oh well...
>>
>> /Palle
>>
>
> Working on the build for 3.2.1 now. Hoping to have it done by the end of
> the day. We talked about updating the the old port on this mailing list
> and more people seemed to want it to be a separate port so we did not
> break the dependencies. I am getting more and more emails now supporting
> to update the existing eclipse port. I have no problem with that. I will
> ask again how many people would prefer updating the original eclipse port
> versus creating a new port? Please comment on this ASAP as I am working
> on an update to eclipse 3.2.1.


If you need help testing 3.2.1, feel free to ask!

Bets Regards,
Palle




More information about the freebsd-java mailing list