From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Apr 2 13:45:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5357D16A41F for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 13:45:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rfrancis@ev.net) Received: from mail.ev.net (mail.ev.net [132.235.215.234]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9CC8143D45 for ; Sun, 2 Apr 2006 13:45:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from rfrancis@ev.net) Received: (qmail 1135 invoked by uid 98); 2 Apr 2006 09:54:27 +0000 Received: from 65.24.136.66 by mail.ev.net (envelope-from , uid 98) with qmail-scanner-1.25 (clamdscan: 0.88/1239. Clear:RC:0(65.24.136.66):. Processed in 0.181568 secs); 02 Apr 2006 09:54:27 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: rfrancis@ev.net via mail.ev.net X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.25 (Clear:RC:0(65.24.136.66):. Processed in 0.181568 secs) Received: from cpe-65-24-136-66.columbus.res.rr.com (HELO ?192.168.0.6?) (rfrancis@65.24.136.66) by 10.0.0.1 with SMTP; 2 Apr 2006 09:54:26 +0000 Message-ID: <442FD57B.90403@ev.net> Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 08:45:31 -0500 From: Russell Francis User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060401) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org References: <442AE7DF.8070009@FreeBSD.org> <20060329222524.GA17861@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <20060329222524.GA17861@misty.eyesbeyond.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 OpenPGP: id=56C85FCF Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigC2C6E7F28B0AC12D9A57F458" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Subject: Re: Java binaries available soon! X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 13:45:55 -0000 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--