some replacements for encumbered binary plugs no longer required?

[Lillian Angel]

Paul Jenner wrote:
> Hi all.
> 
> It looks like some of the replacements for encumbered binary plugs in
> IcedTea are no longer required - as plugs have either been opened or
> replaced in OpenJDK.
> 
> As a quick first pass:
> 
> 1) Ductus renderer:
> 
> Looks like it was replaced in OpenJDK here:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/graphics-rasterizer-dev/2007-October/000049.html
> 
> Allowing removal of:
> 
> libdcpr.so (from Makefile.am)
> 
> rt/sun/dc
> rt/sun/dc/pr
> rt/sun/dc/pr/PRException.java
> rt/sun/dc/pr/PathDasher.java
> rt/sun/dc/pr/Rasterizer.java
> rt/sun/dc/pr/PathStroker.java
> rt/sun/dc/path
> rt/sun/dc/path/PathException.java
> rt/sun/dc/path/PathConsumer.java
> rt/sun/dc/path/FastPathProducer.java
> 
> 2) Encumbered sound:
> 
> Looks like it was partially opened here:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/sound-dev/2007-September/000037.html
> 
> Allowing removal of:
> 
> libjsoundalsa.so (from Makefile.am)
> libjsound.so (from Makefile.am)
> 
> (only libjsoundhs.so looks to be needed from the referenced e-mail)
> 
> 3) Lib2k font library:
> 
> Looks like it was replaced in OpenJDK here:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/2d-dev/2007-August/000037.html
> 
> Allowing removal of:
> 
> libt2k.so (from Makefile.am)
> 
> 4) unused gnu. imports:
> 
> It looks like:
> 
> rt/gnu/java/io
> rt/gnu/java/io/Base64InputStream.java
> 
> was left over from the merge of GNU crypto and is no longer used.
> 
> I intended to try a build with these removed to confirm they really
> weren't required but hit a problem with ecj build (org.xml.sax.helpers
> not found) so thought I would mail for comment in the meantime.
> 
> Is there any intention to review and keep the replacement plugs as small
> as possible - or is it simply not worth the effort of removal now as
> this is a temporary solution anyway and does not really hurt to leave a
> few unnecessary ones around?

They will be removed. It doesn't hurt to keep them around, but they 
are not necessary.


Thanks for pointing this out,
Lillian