[MacPorts] #16043: gcc-4.4 at 20080718_0 No Java support

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#16043: gcc-4.4 at 20080718_0 No Java support
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  Reporter:  macports at tomorrowenterprises.com  |       Owner:  mww at macports.org
      Type:  defect                            |      Status:  assigned        
  Priority:  Normal                            |   Milestone:  Port Bugs       
 Component:  ports                             |     Version:  1.6.0           
Resolution:                                    |    Keywords:  java gcj gcc    
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Changes (by mww at macports.org):

  * status:  new => assigned

Comment:

 The port clearly states:
 ''The GNU compiler collection, including front ends for C, C++,
 Objective-C and Objective-C++. This is a prerelease BETA version and does
 not have all available language front ends enabled.''

 The point is, that the Java stuff tends to[[BR]]
 * fail often to compile in the beta[[BR]]
 * take looooong time to build

 Therefore I've omitted it from the beta (I'm only comitting snapshots that
 compile here on my machine, on {{{10.5/x86}}}).

 We could bring in Java support but then the updates will get sparse (as
 snapshots often fail to build Java); as I'm not into {{{gcj}}} perhaps
 someone else should then take over maintainership.[[BR]]
 Plan B would be a {{{java}}} variant (like the gfortran variant) that
 enables Java -- of course without guarantee to build (for the beta).

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