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

[殷啟聰]

Hi Hans,

I renamed the package because the JSilver we are packaging now is
tracking Android's version tags instead of JSilver's own, since we are
getting the upstream tarball from AOSP. If we retain its original name
"ibjsilver-java" it will lead to confusion. And if, though unlikely,
official JSilver is brought back and become 2.0, it will need to be
1:2.0-1, which will be inelegant.

Cheers,
Kai-Chung Yan

2016-07-28 19:33 GMT+08:00 Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>:
>
> 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 Chirayu just mentioned that jsilver perhaps is no longer maintained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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>>
>>



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