On 25.01.2019 12:28, Mark Phippard wrote:
>> On Jan 25, 2019, at 6:26 AM, Branko Čibej <brane_at_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
Received on 2019-01-25 13:11:38 CET