On 25.01.2019 12:28, Mark Phippard wrote: >> On Jan 25, 2019, at 6:26 AM, Branko Čibej <br...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> On 25.01.2019 12:20, Mark Phippard wrote: >>>> AFAIK it does install from a bottle, but --with-javahl forces a build >>>> from source (all other bindings are bottled). You could request an >>>> improvement from the Homebrew folks, they're moderately responsive. >>> Apparently JavaHL has now been removed from the package: >>> >>> https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/36217 >>> >>> I have not submitted a PR to them before. Would you be willing to put >>> one together that adds the JavaHL library back to the build without >>> the option? If you do not have time, I will take a crack later today. >>> >>> I do not see any reason that JavaHL could not just be part of the >>> package. There is nothing especially difficult about distributing it. >> Java is not installed by default on macOS. > Yes, but so what? All this option would do is add the .dylib and JAR to the > bottle and spit out a message telling you to create a symlink if you want to > use it. None of this would matter if you do not use Java. It is just a > library. It actually seems easier than is the case for the Python and Ruby > bindings.
My only suggestion is to take this up with the Homebrew maintainers ... I don't pretend to understand the decisions they make. -- Brane
