Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2004 20:36:28 +0100 From: Gabriel Ambuehl <gabriel_ambuehl@buz.ch> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re[4]: PKGNAMEPREFIX for Java ports Message-ID: <1825721042.20040312203628@buz.ch> In-Reply-To: <20040312192552.B6EAC8C04@svbcf02.win.tue.nl> References: <1731722915.20040312194338@buz.ch> <20040312192552.B6EAC8C04@svbcf02.win.tue.nl>
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Hello Manfred, Friday, March 12, 2004, 8:25:48 PM, you wrote: >> >> considering what PITA it is to build Java (even on a fast machine, it >> >> takes forever and that's only the tip of the ice berg). > That's why we need to help out in testing so a diablo release of > 1.4 is there soon. I've yet to see a crash on p6 with Jboss and a load of other stuff, so AFAICT, it IS stable. Desktop use I haven't got for it. >> Well obviously the Java ports all have the JDK as dependency ;-) And >> installing the JDK is a rather painful task no matter how fast your >> machine is. > Time consuming OK, painful not at all. Installing half of RedHat is what I consider serious pain ;-) >> But I get your point about getting rid of ports/java/ (especially bad >> as some tools aren't even in there but in the category they belong, I >> know I had to search for ant more than just once ;-). > So who is going to enter the PR's and take this one forward? > Regards, > Manfred Riem > mriem@win.tue.nl > http://www.riaca.win.tue.nl/ Best regards, Gabriel
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