[Android-tools-devel] RFS: android-platform-external-jsilver/6.0.1+r55-1 [ITP]

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

Since Google was the original maintainer, I'd consider this a moved
source repo, and just update the libjsilver package using the sources
from android.

.hc

殷啟聰:
> Hi Hans,
> 
> It is high likely that JSilver is dead... And actually AOSP barely
> modifies any codes in it, judging from AOSP's repository [1]. And AOSP
> hasn't been updating JSilver since Android 5.1.0 (1 year ago).
> 
> I will try contacting the Git committer in AOSP's repository, though I
> doubt his email address still exists... I think we are totally good to
> upload it, though it does not hold the same for Doclava.
> 
> Cheers,
> Kai-Chung Yan
> 
> [1]: https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/jsilver
> 
> 2016-07-27 19:58 GMT+08:00 Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>:
>>
>> Chirayu just mentioned that jsilver perhaps is no longer maintained
>> upstream.  It would be worth consulting with the people who worked on
>> jsilver to see if it makes sense to switch the upstream to Google's
>> Android version of it, since they are maintaining it.
>>
>> .hc
>>
>> 殷啟聰:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have prepared a new package for the AOSP fork of JSilver, which is
>>> the build dependency of Doclava. You can find the ITP at [1]. All the
>>> information are in the ITP page.
>>>
>>> [1]: https://bugs.debian.org/832590
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Kai-Chung Yan
>>>
>>
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