Bug 309459 – Removal of dev-java/kaffe

• Product: Gentoo Linux
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Description Alistair Bush (RETIRED) 2010-03-15 08:11:36 UTC]

kaffe is old and unmaintaned.  Therefore it will be removed from the main tree and placed in java's junkyard overlay.

[Comment 1 Alistair Bush (RETIRED) 2010-03-15 08:31:44 UTC]

No ebuilds in java overlays

Will be moved to java junkyard so we better do it.

CCing treecleaners so they can write the obitatory or organise the minute of silence.

[Comment 2 Andrew John Hughes 2010-03-15 14:58:27 UTC]

The version in Gentoo was never even updated to the latest 1.19 http://kaffe.org/

[Comment 3 Vlastimil Babka (Caster) (RETIRED) 2010-03-15 15:18:57 UTC]

(In reply to comment #2)
> The version in Gentoo was never even updated to the latest 1.19
> http://kaffe.org/
 
That's true, but the version is now 2 years old anyway. So what's the upstream status if you know?

[Comment 4 Alistair Bush (RETIRED) 2010-03-15 18:00:23 UTC]

(In reply to comment #3)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > The version in Gentoo was never even updated to the latest 1.19
> > http://kaffe.org/
> 
> That's true, but the version is now 2 years old anyway. So what's the upstream
> status if you know?
> 

Which is a pretty could indication of how unmaintained kaffe is.  Wouldn't it be better to put icedtea into the main tree and sped our time maintaining that.

[Comment 5 Petteri Räty (RETIRED) 2010-03-15 21:58:31 UTC]

(In reply to comment #4)
> 
> Which is a pretty could indication of how unmaintained kaffe is.  Wouldn't it
> be better to put icedtea into the main tree and sped our time maintaining that.
> 

You didn't notice that Caster already did :)

[Comment 6 Alistair Bush (RETIRED) 2010-03-16 08:12:12 UTC]

(In reply to comment #5)
> 
> You didn't notice that Caster already did :)
> 

Only once I made the comment :)   but the point about maintaining it still stands :)

[Comment 7 Vlastimil Babka (Caster) (RETIRED) 2010-04-23 10:57:32 UTC]

Removed.