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 <br...@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
