From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Dec 3 18:43:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA08397 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 18:43:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA08386 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 18:42:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id TAA12157; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 19:42:53 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id TAA22650; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 19:42:51 -0700 Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 19:42:51 -0700 Message-Id: <199712040242.TAA22650@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "Alex.Boisvert" Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Subject: Re: What can we do about Java? In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I have Sun's JDK 1.1.2 running on my system now. It's "fairly stable" > with respect to Keith White's JDK 1.1 port. Meaning it's more or less stable than the K.White port, or the same? > I will be getting a Motif 2.0 license in the next few days (it's in the > mail). Then, I'll be able to test threads using HotJava Browser, which I > can't run now because of bugs in Lesstif (presumably). Cool. I have SRI pay for a copy of Motif 1.2 so I could develop it. I'm not sure 2.0 will work. :( > As soon as I can get HotJava to run, I will release my port. So you can > expect a release soon... (Before Chrismas?) I'd be very interested in your diffs. > Right now, it's "kinda hard" to work collectively on Sun's JDK port. I > have had trouble with Sun getting JDK 1.1.3 or JDK 1.1.4... So working > with Keith White on the same JDK version has not been possible yet. Also, > JDK versions are moving targets and just keeping up with Sun's releases is > a challenge by itself. Hopefully things will start to settle after JDK > 1.2.X. Agreed. JDK 1.1.5 is due out RSN, and JDK 1.1.6 is supposed to be out late this year/early next year. (Not sure if I would take those dates to the bank though.) I don't expect to see anything w/regard to JDK 1.2 until April/May next year. > I believe that making a stable JVM (look at FreeBSD for instance :-) is > the most important thing now. Agreed. Nate