Well, you know that already for a long time but I think it's time to report this officially: * dev-java/icedtea Available versions: (8) (~)3.3.0 (7) (~)7.2.6.9 This is going to confuse the hell out of both users and package managers. While the virtuals work around it partially by forcing a specific slot, the package managers are still supposed to prefer the newer version whenever possible. Depending on the world file, dependency graph, package manager this may result in :7 being preferred, or both slots being installed for no reason. So, *please* use monotonically growing versions. If you need to, either hack the upstream version number [less PITA for users], or split this into multiple packages [more PITA for users].
As I said, removing 7 is a high priority anyway. I was dealing with one of the last packages that currently require it (jmeter) before I got fed up and burned out. We were discussing a brand new and very radical strategy for moving forwards just last night. That might take time to implement but once we have some idea where we're going, I might p.mask jmeter temporarily just to get 7 out of the way. I know it sucks but it's gone on this long already, we can manage a little longer.
Ding dong, Java 7 is gone! It's still in java-overlay but I'll let gnu_andrew decide whether he wants to change the version there. The overlay isn't used much these days.
