From owner-freebsd-java Mon Jul 10 17:34:30 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au (ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.246.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EED2437B5F3 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2000 17:34:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from glewis@ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA26912; Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:03:58 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from glewis) From: Greg Lewis Message-Id: <200007110033.KAA26912@ares.trc.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Port... In-Reply-To: <3969FBFE.81E3466A@olive.co.uk> from Cliff Rowley at "Jul 10, 2000 05:38:22 pm" To: Cliff Rowley Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 10:03:57 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL70 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Cliff Rowley wrote: > Quick question, > > Is there an ongoing effort to provide an actual 'Port' for the FreeBSD > JDK? If not, I'd like to make a start on one... Yes, I have some ambitions in this area :). I'd hoped to resolve this faster, but things haven't quite worked out that way so far. To do a source code based JDK 1.2.2 port you need to do something similar to the WordPerfect port where you require people to download the source code and patches manually (thus complying with the SCSL) and then have the build commence from there. Its the compliance with the SCSL I'm trying to nail down 100% at the moment since there is no way I want to be submitting a port for inclusion in FreeBSD that potentially leaves them open to any legal ramifications. A binary port is an entirely different kettle of fish since it involves getting permission from Sun, etc. -- Greg Lewis glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au Computing Officer +61 8 8303 5083 Teletraffic Research Centre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message