From owner-freebsd-ports Sat Sep 27 18:26:24 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA25408 for ports-outgoing; Sat, 27 Sep 1997 18:26:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from fps.biblos.unal.edu.co ([168.176.37.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id SAA25403 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 1997 18:26:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost by fps.biblos.unal.edu.co (AIX 4.1/UCB 5.64/4.03) id AA16206; Sat, 27 Sep 1997 20:21:00 -0500 Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1997 20:20:57 -0500 (EST) From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" To: Andreas Klemm Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: fwd: Amaya 1.1a Source Release available In-Reply-To: <19970927204244.15396@klemm.gtn.com> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk You sent it privately, and I replied I wouldn't do it. (No time , bandwidth, etc..) There are also some problems building Amaya. :( It would be good if someone found the time to send a bug report to the Thot team. cheers, Pedro. On Sat, 27 Sep 1997, Andreas Klemm wrote: > On Fri, Sep 19, 1997 at 05:27:52PM -0500, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > > Howdy, (sorry for the delay) > > The problem we have is that jdk (any version) cannot be distributed with > > the CD under any acceptable terms. The solution is producing a stripped > > version called the JRE (Java Runtime Environment). > > The correct way to do this is find a volunteer that signs SUN's license > > and uses the original distfiles to build a port. The patches can be > > distributed with the port, so that everyone with a license can work on > > further developments. > > The JRE port would be a stripped version of the JDK port, but it can be > > packaged with the CD. > > Another factor is that the versions for current and for stable will > > probably be different due to the new poll() call in current. > > I think Jeffrey Hsu has the required patches, and was looking for a > > volunteer.. > > Hi Pedro ! > > Am not sure, if I already wrote a reply ... Or if it went to > /dev/null. > > Would it be possible, to build an Amaya port without that Java > version, first ? Only to get this beast running ? > > A build option could later include Java on demand ?! Everybody > is talking about amaya on Linux and Win95 and we don't have > even a port ;-) > > Therefore I asked if someone could take the time ;-) > > Andreas /// > > -- > Andreas Klemm | klemm.gtn.com - powered by > Symmetric MultiProcessor FreeBSD > http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/SMP.html > http://www.freebsd.org/~fsmp/SMP/benches.html >