From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 10 02:47:34 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 25FAE16A4CE for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 02:47:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rproxy.gmail.com (rproxy.gmail.com [64.233.170.200]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A809543D39 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 2004 02:47:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sander.vesik@gmail.com) Received: by rproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id z35so383451rne for ; Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:47:32 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:references; b=jj5/Ba+DFCsYThEXRHBnAmXl8kaeGOVUec7ed+Rvpu/B+JdXf2+AICAem6xvuKVFcleemRYGcbaPnXY22NHEzmr7Ek/wAOF9cr85a4P5ih7D3KovswKVSs1qqNkQ2iaKWSOxZxnOFbMQ1MJPhjFliHzWOtPg2MCv/zX7kLwsVdU= Received: by 10.38.83.22 with SMTP id g22mr81545rnb; Thu, 09 Dec 2004 18:47:32 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.38.66.64 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:47:32 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 04:47:32 +0200 From: Sander Vesik To: Kris Kennaway In-Reply-To: <20041210024131.GA70630@xor.obsecurity.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <20041209223454.GA5460@xor.obsecurity.org> <20041209224004.GA5608@xor.obsecurity.org> <1789.82.70.142.134.1102645422.squirrel@82.70.142.134> <20041210024131.GA70630@xor.obsecurity.org> cc: java@freebsd.org cc: Iang Subject: Re: linux-sun-jdk12 unfetchable X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: Sander Vesik List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 02:47:34 -0000 On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 18:41:31 -0800, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 09:23:42PM -0500, Iang wrote: > > > > > > >> http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/Display?BundleId=9153 > > >> > > >> no longer works. Is this product still fetchable? > > >> > > >> Kris > > > > > > Same with j2sdkee13 and > > > > > > http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/Display?BundleId=9405 > > > > > > 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. > > > > 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. 1.2.2 (more precicely 1.2.2_017) is definitiely still availlable. Its just available from a different location - http://java.sun.com/products/archive/j2se/1.2.2_017/ as it is rather old and has been archived. A *LOT* of different java versions is available from the archive master page at http://java.sun.com/products/archive/index.html The description of the EOL policy is here - http://java.sun.com/products/archive/eol.policy.html > > Kris >