Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 06:14:03 +1030 From: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: Herve Quiroz <hquiroz@esil.univ-mrs.fr>, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd.java.mk and native jdk1.3.1p6 Message-ID: <20020226061402.B12966@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <15482.29225.183484.547813@caddis.yogotech.com>; from nate@yogotech.com on Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 10:19:37AM -0700 References: <15482.27689.514402.133071@caddis.yogotech.com> <20020225181523.E67358-100000@puget.esil.univ-mrs.fr> <15482.29225.183484.547813@caddis.yogotech.com>
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On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 10:19:37AM -0700, Nate Williams wrote: > > > Sure, but hopefully (knock on wood) we will get a binary release of the > > > JDK out soon enough, such that regular users won't have to compile the > > > JDK at all. > > > > Sounds geek but I prefer compiling that installing binaries. > > Most do not. Especially something as complicated as the JDK. Also, in > the future we may (??) get access to software bits that normal users > can't compile (due to legal reasons), so you may be forced to use a > pre-compiled binary if you want a newer JDK (1.4) with HotSpot or > something. (However, I'm just guessing.) This will absolutely be the case. In fact, its almost the case now. The 1.3.1 SCSL code base we're using is quite a bit behind the code base used to produce Sun's 1.3.1_02 binaries. We can/will shift to using the more up to date code thanks to the Foundation's license, but this either means that we don't do a source code based port or that the source code based port will be based off the current SCSL code base rather than what the binary ends up being based on. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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