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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
- When you are ready to taken on a package, edit the table below to add your name in the "Taken by" column
- 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.
- 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 | orphan | Invalid ASCII chars | scop | Fixed in 5.2-10.fc17 |
| cortado-0.6.0-3.fc15 | jwrdegoede | Invalid ASCII chars | New package not built | |
| 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 | 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 | New package not built | |
| 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 | New package not built | |
| args4j-2.0.16-4.fc16 | jcapik | Invalid ASCII chars | New package not built | |
| cal10n-0.7.4-6.fc16 | akurtakov | Invalid ASCII chars | New package not built | |
| jakarta-commons-httpclient | orphan (skip?) | Invalid ASCII chars | New package not built | |
| 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 |
| mchange-commons-0.2-0.3.20110130hg.fc15 | mbooth | Incompatible with new JDBC | New package not built | |
| mysql-connector-java-5.1.17-1.fc17 | mjakubicek | Incompatible with new JDBC | New package not built | |
| 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 | New package not built | |
| xmlgraphics-commons-1.4-3 | rlandmann | Uses com.sun.image.codec | New package not built | |
| bouncycastle-1.46-1.fc16 | oget | -source/-target mismatch | New package not built | |
| bouncycastle-mail-1.46-1.fc16 | oget | -source/-target mismatch | New package not built | |
| bouncycastle-tsp-1.46-1.fc16 | oget | -source/-target mismatch | New package not built | |
| 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) | New package not built |
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 | New package not built | |
| 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 | New package not built | |
| 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. |