If it's more convenient to import a SRPM (of course it is!), I've made one available at http://freevariable.com/scala ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Will Benton" <willb@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Development discussions related to Fedora" <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2013 9:32:39 PM > Subject: Re: Scala package owner unresponsive > > I have made a spec file for Scala 2.10.1 that successfully builds under mock > on F19; it is available here: > > https://github.com/willb/scala-packaging > > I had to make a new patch to account for interface changes in JLine 2.7, > disable optimization (due to a known bug in the Scala optimizer), and > disable several tests that failed spuriously (as far as I can tell). But I > think the package should be at least as good as the one we had before. > > Jochen Schmitt, are you willing to update the build in F19 and rawhide with > these fixes? > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Will Benton" <willb@xxxxxxxxxx> > > To: "Development discussions related to Fedora" > > <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2013 5:26:23 PM > > Subject: Re: Scala package owner unresponsive > > > > I see that scala is on the to-be-retired list unless it starts building > > from > > source. I am interested in using Scala in Fedora, and will take on > > maintainership (for a while, at least) if no one else is willing to fix it. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Jochen Schmitt" <Jochen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > To: "Development discussions related to Fedora" > > > <devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 6:03:46 AM > > > Subject: Re: Scala package owner unresponsive > > > > > > On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 09:41:52PM -0600, Jerry James wrote: > > > > On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Will Benton <willb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > (1) As far as I can tell, the package for Scala 2.9.2 on F19 > > > > > (2.9.2-2) > > > > > has broken dependencies; I can't install it via yum on my new F19 > > > > > install. Is this the case for anyone else? If so, wouldn't it be > > > > > best > > > > > to have a working Scala 2.9 package in F19 and introduce 2.10 in a > > > > > later > > > > > release? > > > > > > > > Version 2.9.2-4 was built for F-18, but was never built for F-19 or > > > > F-20. The changelog entries for -3 and -4 say: > > > > > > Yes, the reason fot this is very simple. On F18 we had a jdk-1.6.0 > > > environment in > > > addition to the jdk-1.7.0. Scala was built explicitly agains jdk-1.6.0 > > > because jdk-1.7.0 > > > is not supported on this release. > > > > > > Fedora 19 and late doesn't provides a jdk-1.6.0 environment which is the > > > reason > > > for the broken dependency. So it's impossible to build scala-2.9.x for > > > F19 > > > or > > > later releases for Fedora. > > > > > > Best Regards: > > > > > > Jochen Schmitt > > > -- > > > devel mailing list > > > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > > > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > > -- > > devel mailing list > > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct
