. Java-1.5 is required to build (although the result is usable with 1.4 as well) -- reflect this in pkg-descr for the user and in Makefile for the build process . add a patch for the "occasionaly" failing test -- on advice from Oracle: http://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=431242 . enable automatic testing post-build -- the tests stress out both Java and JE and their failure may be a nice canary for our mine.