From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 5 15:25:24 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: java@FreeBSD.org 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 B97CD16A420 for ; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 15:25:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (glewis.dsl.xmission.com [166.70.56.15]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CDE2A43D45 for ; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 15:25:22 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (localhost.eyesbeyond.com [127.0.0.1]) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j95FP8qA004543; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 09:25:08 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id j95FP7rJ004542; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 09:25:07 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 09:25:06 -0600 From: Greg Lewis To: Mikhail Teterin Message-ID: <20051005152506.GA4496@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <200510050304.15715@aldan> <20051005105531.GA61895@arabica.esil.univ-mrs.fr> <200510050935.37917@aldan> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200510050935.37917@aldan> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: java@FreeBSD.org, Herve Quiroz Subject: Re: port of Java API of db43 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: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:25:24 -0000 Hi Mikhail, On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 09:35:37AM -0400, Mikhail Teterin wrote: > On Wednesday 05 October 2005 06:55 am, Herve Quiroz wrote: > = Indeed, this port should not use 'java' as its main categroy. I think > = 'databases' would be a fine choice but that is yours to decide. ?Still, > = the port needs to hava 'java' among its CATEGORIES (this ports uses > = Java) but not as the main one. > > I thought about it, but `database' is where the main db4x ports live. > This port's entire purpose is to provide Java API to Sleepycat. You mean like databases/jdbc-oracle8i, databases/jdbc-oracle9i, databases/mysql-connector-java, databases/postgis-jdbc and databases/postgresql-jdbc all providing Java access to their databases? I think there is a fairly clear convention here. Not to mention the recent discussion on moving ports which are not directly involved with the JDK into another main category. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org