Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 08:45:31 -0500 From: Russell Francis <rfrancis@ev.net> To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java binaries available soon! Message-ID: <442FD57B.90403@ev.net> In-Reply-To: <20060329222524.GA17861@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <442AE7DF.8070009@FreeBSD.org> <p0623091fc050a07d3445@[128.113.24.47]> <20060329222524.GA17861@misty.eyesbeyond.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigC2C6E7F28B0AC12D9A57F458 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------030505090105080106020907" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------030505090105080106020907 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Greg Lewis wrote: > On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 03:39:08PM -0500, Garance A Drosehn wrote: >> At 1:02 PM -0700 3/29/06, Deb Goodkin wrote: >>> Dear Java Community, >>> >>> We've been receiving a lot of inquiries on when the Java >>> binaries will be available. I wanted to let people know >>> that we will be releasing them by April 5 and hopefully >>> sooner. ... >> This is very good to hear! Thanks. >> >> What hardware platforms will these be available for? >> i386 only? Maybe amd64 too? any others? >=20 > Initially i386 only. Notionally we could do amd64, but its a matter of= > funding and equipment to do so. Other platforms haven't been ported to= =2E This may be a difficult question to answer, but what sort of funding / equipment would be necessary to produce amd64 binaries? I would imagine there would be an initial cost as well as a continuing cost for updated versions and 1.6, 1.7 et al. Not long ago, Michael Vince inquired about raising funds. Perhaps a tangible goal could help move this effort forward? Thanks, Russ --------------030505090105080106020907-- --------------enigC2C6E7F28B0AC12D9A57F458 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEL9WGoA1beFbIX88RAg82AKCczUeBxWBefyuCrdmprlCwEBDEOQCfS36E pA3089CKxst3RSmfgEOISZU= =H1Wj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigC2C6E7F28B0AC12D9A57F458--
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