Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 13:26:35 +0930 From: Matthew Thyer <Matthew.Thyer@dsto.defence.gov.au> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: Jeff Einhorn <jeinhorn@meridian-enviro.com>, nate@freebsd.org, conrads@home.com, ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java plugin for Mozilla 0.9.2 ? Message-ID: <3B70B873.996B071@dsto.defence.gov.au> References: <3B6F8649.6A4836F3@dsto.defence.gov.au> <3B703722.2050401@meridian-enviro.com> <3B708D68.6A596073@dsto.defence.gov.au> <15216.36848.253042.945097@nomad.yogotech.com> <3B709A69.3908ACEA@dsto.defence.gov.au> <15216.39956.777550.957112@nomad.yogotech.com>
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Nate Williams wrote: > > > > > there isn't any java pluggin for mozilla that I've been able to find. > > > > > > > > I would have thought that since Mozilla is an ELF binary and that > > > > the Java source code is highly available that it would have been > > > > possible to compile up a Java plug-in for Mozilla on FreeBSD-CURRENT. > > > > > > It may be (I've never tried), but we can't distribute any JDK binaries > > > at this point due to legal issues. > > > > Dont distribute it, but I'm sure there will be high demand for a port > > that builds it all from source. > > Too much work for little gain. The other ports are more important to > most folks (JDK1.3, JDK1.4, HotSpot, etc....) I think you are underestimating the demand given that a Netscape binary for FreeBSD with Java support is no longer available. That's why I have switched to Mozilla (at home at least) and a Java plug-in is useful for a Web broswer. Maybe conrads@home.com will be interested in making such a Plug-in as a port as he was keen on the XSwallow Plug-in until it became too hard to compile a.out objects so he may have taken his bat and ball and gone home by now. I know.... do it yourself. Maybe I will if I find the time. Cc:'d to ports for a wider audience. -- Matthew Thyer Phone: +61 8 8259 7249 Science Corporate Information Systems Fax: +61 8 8259 5537 Defence Science and Technology Organisation, Edinburgh PO Box 1500 Edinburgh South Australia 5111 IMPORTANT: This email remains the property of the Australian Defence Organisation and is subject to the jurisdiction of section 70 of the CRIMES ACT 1914. If you have received this email in error, you are requested to contact the sender and delete the email. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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