What is status of 'java/jdk16'? It is stuck on 1.6.0u3_05 which is dramatically old

[Lev Serebryakov]

Hello, Greg.
You wrote 1 июня 2011 г., 8:52:31:

>>   $subj. What is recommended Java for FreeBSD? OpenJDK is not a
>> solution for some applications, and changes between 1.6.0u3_05 and
>> actual 1.6.0u20_02 contains a huge number of bugfixes, performance
>> improvements, etc.
> It's a big change to jump to the current update.  I started it at one point
> but haven't had time to get very far with it.
  I've worked in HotSpot team for 4 years (when Sun was Sun, not
Oracle), and I think, it needs huge effort, as platforms were renamed
between these versions.

  Also, it is especially hard, because "bsd-jdk16-patches-4.tar.bz2"
creates all "*/bsd/*" files directly, not as "copy from linux or
solaris and add changes", so it is very hard to track what need be
changed after such copy, and what is "source" in old version. This
task could be much simpler, if patch is REAL patch, not file creation,
as it is clear, that all these "*/bsd/*" files has some (linux or
solaris) origin, and it is much simpler to port patches to new
linux/solaris versions.

> What do you find that OpenJDK doesn't work for?  Are there PRs for those
> issues?
  My ``clients'' complains about it on hosting. I don't know exact
 details, as I'm not java-programmer. Next time I'll ask for details.

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// Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev at serebryakov.spb.ru>