[MacPorts] #28218: openjdk6 @b20 build error on ppc

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#28218: openjdk6 @b20 build error on ppc
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  Reporter:  gkatze@…                     |      Owner:  landonf@…
      Type:  defect                       |     Status:  closed
  Priority:  Normal                       |  Milestone:
 Component:  ports                        |    Version:  1.9.2
Resolution:  wontfix                      |   Keywords:
      Port:  openjdk6_bootstrap openjdk6  |
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Changes (by landonf@…):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => wontfix


Comment:

 The OpenJDK 6 port is a genuine port -- OpenJDK relies on a large amount
 of architecture and OS-specific code, and we have to do actual development
 and merging work to maintain the port on Mac OS X. These changes have been
 integrated upstream for OpenJDK 7 and 8, but OpenJDK 6 still does not
 support Mac OS X upstream, and OpenJDK does not support Mac/PPC at all.

 Since I have no PPC machines, it's up to someone else if they want to
 bother supporting OpenJDK6/PPC. Despite there being no end of complaint
 from PPC users over there years, there have not been any developers that
 have stepped forward to assist, nor has there been any interest in funding
 the requisite development. This is not hugely surprising, as the cost of
 paying a capable engineer to produce a viable Mac/PPC build could easily
 outstrip the cost of just buying a new Mac.

 Given that OpenJDK 6 itself will soon be EOL'd, the fact that it's not
 supported for Mac OS X upstream, and that there doesn't appear to be any
 development interest from other engineers in supporting it, I will
 probably just delete the ports.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/28218#comment:5>
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