[aur-requests] [PRQ#1152] Deletion Request for oraclejdk7-64
Det [1] filed a deletion request for oraclejdk7-64 [2]: Duplicate of jdk7, and doesn't follow the Java package guidelines (install directory, $JAVA_HOME, naming, etc.). Meant for "servers", but only distinct difference is not having "libxrender" or "hicolor-icon-theme" as dependencies. The only exclusively server version is for JRE (JDK has it all): http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/server-jre8-download... [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/Det/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/oraclejdk7-64/
It's the wrong approach (the default environment is handled by "archlinux-java").
archlinux-java is a tool to set a default Java, exactly right! And it's usable only in interactive shells or in environments where one wants one particular version of Java to run all applications. conf.d are usable when running system services that want a specific version of Java to be used without hardcoding full paths. Or just for sourcing from these env vars in scripts.
The only "server-only" versions provided by Oracle are for JRE: JDK is needed on build servers. JRE is not enough.
-- Kind regards Damian Nowak -----Original Message----- From: notify@aur.archlinux.org To: aur-requests@archlinux.org Cc: nimetonmaili@gmail.com, spam@nowaker.net Sent: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 7:44 Subject: [PRQ#1152] Deletion Request for oraclejdk7-64 Det [1] filed a deletion request for oraclejdk7-64 [2]: Duplicate of jdk7, and doesn't follow the Java package guidelines (install directory, $JAVA_HOME, naming, etc.). Meant for "servers", but only distinct difference is not having "libxrender" or "hicolor-icon-theme" as dependencies. The only exclusively server version is for JRE (JDK has it all): http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/server-jre8-download... [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/Det/ [2] https://aur.archlinux.org/pkgbase/oraclejdk7-64/
On Sat Oct 18 06:08:11 UTC 2014, spam at nowaker.net wrote:
conf.d are usable when running system services that want a specific version of Java to be used without hardcoding full paths. Or just for sourcing from these env vars in scripts.
You can have those locally for your own purposes. It's not a reason to duplicate an entire package.
On Sat Oct 18 05:44:18 UTC 2014, Det wrote:
The only "server-only" versions provided by Oracle are for JRE: On Sat Oct 18 06:08:11 UTC 2014, spam at nowaker.net wrote: JDK is needed on build servers. JRE is not enough.
The point was, had you packaged the server-JREs, it would be okay. What you did instead was basically duplicate the JDK packages (which you even split in both 32-bit and 64-bit versions). Unfortunately, that is not okay. Det
Request #1152 has been accepted by arcanis [1]. [1] https://aur.archlinux.org/account/arcanis/
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