#28218: openjdk6 @b20 build error on ppc ------------------------------------------+----------------------- Reporter: gkatze@… | Owner: landonf@… Type: defect | Status: closed Priority: Normal | Milestone: Component: ports | Version: 1.9.2 Resolution: wontfix | Keywords: Port: openjdk6_bootstrap openjdk6 | ------------------------------------------+----------------------- 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. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/28218#comment:5> MacPorts <http://www.macports.org/> Ports system for Mac OS