Ticket #35402 (new enhancement)
vtk5: add Java bindings
| Reported by: | bgschaid@… | Owned by: | macports-tickets@… |
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| Priority: | Normal | Milestone: | |
| Component: | ports | Version: | |
| Keywords: | Cc: | dweber@… | |
| Port: | vtk5 |
Description
What is the reason that there are no Java-bindings in the vtk5-port? Old ports of the same package (vtk-devel which is v5.4 instead of the current v5.10) at least has a variant "java".
I guess there is a good reason that these bindings are not there in vtk5, but what is it? The Cocoa/Carbon/QT4/X11-business? (that it will only work with a few of these options)
What would be the best wy to run Java-programs that require VTK5?
Change History
comment:1 Changed 10 months ago by ryandesign@…
- Owner changed from macports-tickets@… to adfernandes@…
- Version 2.1.2 deleted
- Type changed from request to enhancement
comment:2 Changed 10 months ago by adfernandes@…
Anyone who wants to contribute is welcome (openmaintainer tag)...
I do know that java has a bit of a non-standard support history on Mac; I'm not sure to what extent we can assume that the java development system is installed, or how to check correctly for a runtime. Maybe something as simple as a depends bin: line?
I'm not a java user, so I (current maintainer) will not be adding this, sorry! Like I said... contributors welcome!