From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Nov 17 17:52:12 2007 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 CC37216A417 for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:52:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@spatula.net) Received: from turing.morons.org (turing.morons.org [208.96.51.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B593113C43E for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:52:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@spatula.net) Received: by turing.morons.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 739DF1704E; Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:51:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by turing.morons.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7084D1704B for ; Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:51:52 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 09:51:52 -0800 (PST) From: Nick Johnson X-X-Sender: spatula@turing To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: <20071116050635.GA48813@misty.eyesbeyond.com> Message-ID: <20071117094420.P46367@turing> References: <20071116050635.GA48813@misty.eyesbeyond.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: Subject: Re: JDK 1.6.0 patchset 3 "Boss 302" 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: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:52:12 -0000 I finally braved 1.6 on FreeBSD with this release. It's working great running Tomcat 6! It could be my imagination, but it seems considerably faster, especially in startup time and in how quickly the server VM gets going. Thanks for another release! Nick On Thu, 15 Nov 2007, Greg Lewis wrote: > > On behalf of the BSD Java Porting team, I'm pleased to announce the > availability of Patchset 3 "Boss 302" for JDK 1.6, based on the > JDK 1.6.0 Update 3 JRL source code. > > This patchset includes bug fixes and updates the code base to use the > 1.6.0 Update 3 source code. In addition, Java Web Start now supports > locale settings on BSD. > > The following platforms are supported by this release: > > FreeBSD 6.2/i386 (or later) > FreeBSD 6.2/amd64 (or later) > OpenBSD 4.0/i386 (or later) > OpenBSD 4.0/amd64 (or later) > NetBSD 3.1/i386 (or later) > > The patchset can be downloaded at: > > http://www.eyesbeyond.com/freebsddom/java/jdk16.html > > An update for the java/jdk16 port will follow shortly. > > -- "Courage isn't just a matter of not being frightened, you know. It's being afraid and doing what you have to do anyway." Doctor Who - Planet of the Daleks This message has been brought to you by Nick Johnson 2.3b1 and the number 6. http://healerNick.com/ http://morons.org/ http://spatula.net/