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From: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com>
To: 'Ernst de Haan' <ernst@jollem.com>
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Subject: RE: JDK ports revisited
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:58:13 +0100 
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Dear Ernst,

> 
> (b) Add a few new ports, for *instance*:
>     * java/linux-sun-jdk12  # The Sun JDK 1.2 for Linux
>       Will install to ${PREFIX}/linux-sun-jdk1.2.2
> 
>     * java/linux-ibm-jdk12  # The IBM JDK 1.2 for Linux
>       Will install to ${PREFIX}/linux-ibm-jdk1.2.2
>
Do we need all the Linux 1.2.2 JDK's when 1.3.x is out and 1.4 hitting soon?
I suggest we don't bother and just use Linux JDK's 1.3.x and higher.

Perhaps we should keep linux sun 1.2.2 around for comparison with our native
port, but the linux ibm 1.2.2 port is unnecessary.

    Kees Jan

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