Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 22:44:08 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Diekhans <markd@Grizzly.COM> To: girgen@partitur.se Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Porting java stuff? Proposal? Message-ID: <199812300644.WAA01885@osprey.grizzly.com> In-Reply-To: <3689A1DB.3B844BF@partitur.se> (message from Palle Girgensohn on Wed, 30 Dec 1998 04:45:31 %2B0100) References: <3689A1DB.3B844BF@partitur.se>
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Great your doing the work on the JSDK port; FreeBSD could end up an ideal environment for server-side java applications (which happens to be one of the things I do). This design looks great from the BSD perspective. However the problem with a non-standard layout for Java software is it now requires modifying software obtained from other sources to run on BSD. Most java software requires one to set an environment variable per dependency such as JAVA_HOME that point to desired packages and come with install instructions or scripts. FreeBSD not becomes a special case to port to, when no port should be required. An additional advantage with the defacto java software structure is that it easily allows for multiple versions of the same package to be installed. This is critical in a world where the software is changing so quickly. I generally end up with two different version of swing installed on my systems. I fear that an approach like this would give freebsd a bad reputation in the java world; and we all know how hard it is to shake a bad reputation. Mark To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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