From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 26 06:30:28 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54C4E1065670 for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:30:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (gerbercreations.com [71.39.140.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A94C8FC1B for ; Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:30:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (localhost.eyesbeyond.com [127.0.0.1]) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id mBQ6Umaa068810 for ; Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:30:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id mBQ6UmCs068809 for freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org; Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:30:48 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:30:48 -0800 From: Greg Lewis To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: <20081226063048.GA68710@misty.eyesbeyond.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Cc: Subject: Host for jdk16 distfiles? 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: Fri, 26 Dec 2008 06:30:28 -0000 G'day all, As you may have noticed, Sun have removed the source files for Update 3. I will contact Sun about this, but I expect they may well suggest we should just switch to OpenJDK 6 and they have no plans for more JRL source releases. While thats going on, we have two alternatives as I see it: 1. Someone could volunteer to host the source files. To comply with the JRL you need to implement some kind of click through to have people retrieve them. I think this rules out me hosting them on the public FreeBSD pages. 2. I could release a quick patchset which is essentially unchanged except that I do a diff against an earlier source release (which I notice are still available). The patchset would include the changes to bring that source code up to Update 3, so it wouldn't matter what the source version was. Comments? Volunteers? -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org