www/webkit-gtk2 deprecation?

[Michael Zhilin]

Hi

Kurt,

4.10

Jonathan,

I will try to build 4.10 on freebsd tomorrow. My target is latest CDT to
continue device driver development because 4.6 is totally broken due to
many port changes...
Fingers crossed ;)

Thanks!

пн, 25 февр. 2019 г., 10:29 Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz>:

> On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 at 20:23, Kurt Jaeger <pi at freebsd.org> wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > > I notice that www/webkit-gtk2 has just been marked as FORBIDDEN and
> > > DEPRECATED. While I'm usually for putting down unmaintained ports,
> > > this particular port is a dependancy for java/eclipse. I'm sure that
> > > users of java/eclipse will not be happy about its loss from FreeBSD
> > > ports (I know I'm not). Can we leave it in the tree until a newer port
> > > of java/eclipse comes along?
> >
> > We have 4.6.2 in the ports. Current version upstream seems to be 2018 12
> R,
> > I don't know how this translates to 4.x.y ?
>
> Unfortunately, the porting effort for Eclipse is quite an involved
> process. My feeble attempts to bring java/eclipse up to date have
> borne no useful results. I've pinged the maintainer, but haven't heard
> anything back from him.
>
> > Is the debate about openjdk11 also playing a role here ?
>
> No, this is separate from that discussion.
>
> Cheers.
> --
> Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz>
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