From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 10 02:34:54 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B24E16A4CE for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 02:34:54 +0000 (GMT) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (CPE0050040655c8-CM00111ae02aac.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [69.194.102.143]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1276543D53 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 02:34:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CCA1151C66; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:41:31 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:41:31 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: Iang Message-ID: <20041210024131.GA70630@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <20041209223454.GA5460@xor.obsecurity.org> <20041209224004.GA5608@xor.obsecurity.org> <1789.82.70.142.134.1102645422.squirrel@82.70.142.134> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1789.82.70.142.134.1102645422.squirrel@82.70.142.134> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: java@freebsd.org cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: linux-sun-jdk12 unfetchable X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 02:34:54 -0000 --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 09:23:42PM -0500, Iang wrote: >=20 > >> http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/Display?BundleId=3D9153 > >> > >> no longer works. Is this product still fetchable? > >> > >> Kris > > > > Same with j2sdkee13 and > > > > http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/Display?BundleId=3D9405 >=20 >=20 > Sun has a very aggressive support calendar. From > memory, once a release has been out for 6 months, > the previous release is given a 6 month window, and > after that it disappears from the site. They actually > delete all the downloads. So, in effect, there is > only a 12 month window to upgrade to the current > release, before you get into all sorts of hot water. >=20 > So I'd not be surprised if 1.3 was already gone, > and also 1.4.1 is probably close to expiry as well; > with the clock ticking on 1.4.2 as well. 1.3 is still fetchable, at least for now. If 1.2 is not available any more, we should delete the port (and anything that still depends on it) since it cannot be fetched from anywhere else. Kris --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBuQzbWry0BWjoQKURApsBAJ421D1EOihsZfmT+d/9++sFqYlzVgCgh2bh xfgCVpwprspeBu0ncNZw41k= =MeWy -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --fUYQa+Pmc3FrFX/N--