Java7 Package Rebuild Status

This page lists packages that need to be fixed and rebuilt with java-1.7.0-openjdk for F17

There are 2 types of fixes that need to be made in F17. Firstly, packages that fail to build need to be fixed. Secondly, packages that specifically requires java = 1.6 need to be fixed to require java >= 1.6. Affected packages are listed in separate tables below. When you pick a package to work on, please check to see if it exists in the other table too. If it does, both matters can be fixed at once.

List of provenpackagers who can help get your fixes committed and built:

• Deepak Bhole (dbhole at redhat dot com/IRC: dbhole)

How to edit the tables

1. When you are ready to taken on a package, edit the table below to add your name in the "Taken by" column
2. If you want, you can update the status and the color, but please don't set it to green until it is all done and built in Koji. That way a cursory glance would catch anything that needs work.
3. Once the new package is built in koji, update the status accordingly and change the color to green.

Packages that need to be fixed (see below for issue description)

Package	Owner	Issue	Taken by	Status
apache-commons-validator-1.3.1-5.fc16	spike	Invalid ASCII chars	scop	Fixed in 1.3.1-7.fc17
bcel-5.2-9.fc15	arg	Invalid ASCII chars	scop	Fixed in 5.2-10.fc17
cortado-0.6.0-3.fc15	jwrdegoede	Invalid ASCII chars	jwrdegoede	Fixed in 0.6.0-5.fc17
hibernate-jpa-2.0-api-1.0.1-2.fc17	goldmann	Invalid ASCII chars	goldmann	Fixed in hibernate-jpa-2.0-api-1.0.1-4.fc17
jBCrypt-0.3-4.fc15	sdz	Invalid ASCII chars	jvanalte	New package not built
maven-changelog-plugin-2.2-7.fc16	huwang	Invalid ASCII chars		New package not built
maven-jflex-plugin-1.4.3-5.fc16	akurtakov	Invalid ASCII chars	scop	Fixed in 1.4.3-7.fc17
metadata-extractor-2.3.1-6.fc15	musuruan	Invalid ASCII chars	musuruan	Fixed in 2.3.1-8.fc17
MiniCopier-0.5-2.fc15	hicham	Invalid ASCII chars		New package not built
slf4j-1.6.1-3.fc16	akurtakov	Invalid ASCII chars	scop	Fixed in 1.6.1-4.fc17
xjavadoc-1.1-10.fc15	akurtakov	Invalid ASCII chars		Deprecated packaga/blocked from rawhide
args4j-2.0.16-4.fc16	jcapik	Invalid ASCII chars	scop	Fixed in 2.0.16-7.fc17
cal10n-0.7.4-6.fc16	akurtakov	Invalid ASCII chars		Fixed in 0.7.4-8.fc17.
jakarta-commons-httpclient	arg	Invalid ASCII chars		Fixed in 3.1-7.fc17
maven-scm-1.5-3.fc17	guidograzioli	Invalid ASCII chars		New package not built
objenesis-1.2-7.fc16	guidograzioli	Invalid ASCII chars		New package not built
saxon-9.3.0.4-1.fc16	orphan (skip?)	Invalid ASCII chars		New package not built
avalon-logkit-2.1-6.fc17	orphan	Incompatible with new JDBC		New package not built
btm-2.1.1-3.fc16	arg	Incompatible with new JDBC	arg	btm-2.1.2-1.fc17
c3p0-0.9.2-0.5.pre1.fc15	mbooth	Incompatible with new JDBC	dbhole	Fixed in c3p0-0.9.2-0.7.pre1.fc17
h2-1.2.147-3.fc16	akurtakov	Incompatible with new JDBC	dbhole	Fixed in h2-1.2.147-5.fc17
hsqldb-1.8.1.3-3.fc15	akurtakov	Incompatible with new JDBC	dbhole	Fixed in hsqldb-1.8.1.3-5.fc17
jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-1.fc16	fnasser	Incompatible with new JDBC	dbhole	Fixed in jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-3.fc17
javasqlite-20110827-1.fc17	scop	Incompatible with new JDBC	dbhole	Fixed in javasqlite-20110827-3.fc17
mchange-commons-0.2-0.3.20110130hg.fc15	mbooth	Incompatible with new JDBC	dbhole	Fixed in mchange-commons-0.2-0.5.20110130hg.fc17
mysql-connector-java-5.1.17-1.fc17	mjakubicek	Incompatible with new JDBC	dbhole	Fixed in mysql-connector-java-5.1.17-4.fc17
tomcat-7.0.23-1.fc17	van	Incompatible with new JDBC	van	Fixed in 7.0.25-2.fc17
velocity-1.7-1.fc16	sochotni	Incompatible with new JDBC		New package not built
libreoffice-3.4.99.1-1.fc17	caolanm	Incompatible with new JDBC		New package not built
apache-commons-dbcp-1.4-7.fc16	spike	Incompatible with new JDBC		New package not built
batik-1.7-12.fc16	akurtakov	Uses com.sun.image.codec		New package not built
jcharts-0.7.5-5.fc15	lotharlutz	Uses com.sun.image.codec		New package not built
jrefactory-2.9.19-3.fc15	jcapik	Uses com.sun.image.codec		Deprecated packaga/blocked from rawhide
xmlgraphics-commons-1.4-3	rlandmann	Uses com.sun.image.codec		New package not built
bouncycastle-1.46-1.fc16	oget	-source/-target mismatch	oget	Fixed in 1.46-3.fc17
bouncycastle-mail-1.46-1.fc16	oget	-source/-target mismatch	oget	Fixed in 1.46-3.fc17
bouncycastle-tsp-1.46-1.fc16	oget	-source/-target mismatch	oget	Fixed in 1.46-3.fc17
easymock2-2.5.2-4.fc15	akurtakov	Same type erasure		New package not built
jide-oss-2.7.6-4.1340svn.fc15	hicham	Same type erasure		New package not built
gstreamer-java	lfarkas	Same type erasure		New package not built
plexus-containers-1.5.5-3.fc16	fnasser	Needs tools.jar in build/runtime classpath		New package not built
scala-2.9.1-2.fc17	geoff	Needs tools.jar in build/runtime classpath		New package not built
libgda-4.2.11-1.fc17	hguemar	Needs update to config file to detect Java 1.7		New package not built
apache-commons-lang-2.6-4.fc16	sochotni	Other (test failure)		New package not built
junit4-4.8.2-2.fc15	fnasser	Other (test failure)		Obsolete by junit package and pending removal

Packages that need an update for BuildRequires/Requires

Package	Taken by	Status
bolzplatz2006		New package not built
db4		New package not built
dbus-java	omajid	Fixed in 2.7-8.fc17
eclipse-slide		New package not built
electric		New package not built
freecol		New package not built
ice		New package not built
intellij-idea		New package not built
java-1.5.0-gcj*		New package not built
jboss-marshalling		New package not built
jing-trang	scop	Fixed in 20091111-10.fc17
junit4		Obsoleted by junit package
libbluray		New package not built
libdb		New package not built
libgda		New package not built
mapserver		New package not built
munin		New package not built
mysql-connector-java		New package not built
netbeans-platform	omajid	Fixed in 7.0.1-5.fc17
nyquist		New package not built
openvrml		New package not built
opticalraytracer		New package not built
OSGi-bundle-ant-task		New package not built
postgresql-jdbc		New package not built
scala		New package not built
tetex-tex4ht		New package not built
tomcat	van	Fixed in 7.0.25-2.fc17
tomcat5		New package not built
x11vnc		New package not built

* For java-1.5.0-gcj, change to Req. java-openjdk and update %build as needed

Issues descriptions and how to fix them

I have tried my best to categorize packages by issue. If there are any mistakes, feel free to update accordingly.

Issue	Explanation	How to fix
Invalid ASCII chars	Prior to Java 7, unmappable characters in the source were treated as warnings. Java treats them as errors.	To fix it, simply build, look at the error locations and patch to replace the unmappable characters with appropriate characters.
Incompatible with new JDBC	Java 7 contains a newer version of JDBC. Some of the abstract classes/interfaces in the new version specify new methods.	Because the newer API needs additional methods, fixing just involves patching to add those methods (either as stubs, or proper implementations) to the classes. Most (if not all) new methods look like they would just be one-liners.
com.sun.image.codec	Java 7 has completely removed support for com.sun.image.codec.* classes (deprecated since Java 1.4).	These are probably the most complex of all issues to fix. The first thing is to check if upstream has fixed it and then just backport that fix. If not fixed upstream, patch to use ImageIO instead, as specified here.
-source/-target mismatch	The -source argument to javac specifies a newer version than the -target argument.	Patch to use the same -source and -target. Only bouncycastle seems to be affected, and for it, -source 1.5 -target 1.5 would be best.
Same type erasure	This is a bug in the original code itself. The Java 6 compiler incorrectly accepted bad input. Java 7 does not. The issue is that the code is specifying multiple methods with the same name and one takes an argument type that is the parent type of what the other takes. See this for more explanation.	The code needs to be matched to change method names for methods that have the same type erasure. If the method is part of a public api, we need to contact upstream to get it fixed correctly.
Needs tools.jar in build/runtime classpath	Java 6 and lower used to provide tools.jar on the classpath by default. Java 7 no longer does it, and as a result, error related to missing classes (that exist in tools.jar) are seen.	The package should be patched to supply tools.jar when building, and to ensure that tools.jar is on run-time classpath if it is needed during runtime as well.