The ports for the different JDKs do not seem to conform to a certain naming scheme. The currently available JDKs are listed below. Port name Version Platform Provider ---------------- ------- -------- -------- java/jdk 1.1 FreeBSD FreeBSD java/jdk12-beta 1.2 FreeBSD FreeBSD java/linux-jdk 1.2 Linux Blackdown java/linux-jdk13 1.3 Linux Sun A new JDK is in the process of being submitted as a new port: Port name Version Platform Provider ---------------- ------- -------- -------- java/??? 1.3 Linux IBM And other JDKs may qualify as candidates as well: Port name Version Platform Provider ---------------- ------- -------- -------- java/??? 1.1 Linux IBM java/??? 1.2 Linux IBM java/??? 1.2 Linux Sun And what if both Bill Huey and Greg Lewis would come up with a native JDK 1.3 for FreeBSD? Perhaps we should leave such situations out of the picture for a moment, but something like this *may* happen. If me or anybody else would like to add one of these JDKs, then what would have to be the name for this port? I know that we could ofcourse find unique names, but perhaps we should come up with a naming scheme, apply it to the existing JDK ports and apply it to any new JDK ports. Fix: One possible naming scheme would be the following: * For native FreeBSD JDK ports, name the port "jdkXX" where XX is the major (2-digit) version number of the JDK, for example "11", "12", "13" or "14". * If there would be multiple native JDK ports, then these could be distinguished by using the name "PPP-jdkXX" where PPP is the name of the provider. * For Linux JDK ports, name the port "linux-PPP-jdkXX" where PPP is the name of the provider in lowercase, for example "blackdown", "ibm", "sun" or "inprise". And XX is again the major (2-digit) version number of the JDK. Any suggestions?
Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-ports->analyzed Since we already have the IBM port in as linux-ibm-jdk13, should we keep this open?
State Changed From-To: open->analyzed Since we already have the IBM port in as linux-ibm-jdk13, should we keep this open?
Responsible Changed From-To: analyzed->freebsd-ports Oops, braino
Responsible Changed From-To: freebsd-ports->znerd Submitter is now a committer
State Changed From-To: analyzed->closed Solved.