From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 26 00:57:55 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4EFC1065673 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:57:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from chen.org.nz (ip-58-28-152-174.static-xdsl.xnet.co.nz [58.28.152.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A11E8FC15 for ; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:57:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 430A1E0451; Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:57:27 +1200 (NZST) Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 12:57:27 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: herbey zepeda Message-ID: <20100426005727.GA14128@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: diablo-jdk not installing correctly X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 00:57:55 -0000 On Sun, Apr 25, 2010 at 07:34:19PM -0400, herbey zepeda wrote: [...] > I am concerned because according to the literature diablo is supposed to > be the maintained jdk for FreeBSD. And I realize that I am having to > download version 7.1 when we are already on version 8.0 of FreeBSD to make > java work > > My question is: is Java in FreeBSD an experimental/academic package? Should > I rather go with the linux compatibility way? There has been no movement with the diablo-jdk for ages; java/openjdk6 is better maintained and would be a better choice. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "We laugh in the face of danger, we drop icecubes down the vest of fear" - Edmond Blackadder III