On Fri, Sep 07, 2012 at 12:50:54PM +0300, Elan Ruusamäe wrote: > from cvs i look they have different history: > > http://cvs.pld-linux.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/cvs/packages/icedtea/icedtea.spec?view=log > http://cvs.pld-linux.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi/cvs/packages/icedtea6/icedtea6.spec?view=log > > imho when icedtea6 was created it should had been a package name from > icedtea
IIRC IcedTea and icedtea.spec was Java-7-alpha based at the time icedtea6.spec was created time and it was never made a usable JDK replacement for PLD. IcedTea6 project was made upstream with a stable Java 6 (the 'official current Java version' then) implementation and confusingly similar version numbering. Not to downgrade icedtea.spec and not to cause problems when time comes to package Java 7, I have put IcedTea6 to icedtea6.spec. Now the versioning upstream has been changed. Projects are still named 'IcedTea6' and 'IcedTea7', but version numbering is different: 1.x for IcedTea6 and 2.x for IcedTea7. Now, Java 7 is the current Java language release, so it makes sense to package IcedTea7, but I using 'icedtea' package name for that would suggest a downgrade. And basing on the old icedtea.spec probably won't work as well as forking icedtea6.spec to make the icedtea7.spec, which I plan to do soon. Greets, Jacek _______________________________________________ pld-devel-en mailing list pld-devel-en@lists.pld-linux.org http://lists.pld-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/pld-devel-en