On 25.01.2019 13:11, Branko Čibej wrote:
> 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.
Duh.
https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/31510
You're right, it'd be best to restore the JavaHL build and make it
always available, + document usage.
-- Brane
Received on 2019-01-25 13:23:19 CET