From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 9 22:10:21 2010 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 4D1CD10656B4; Thu, 9 Sep 2010 22:10:21 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A989C8FC13; Thu, 9 Sep 2010 22:10:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm4 with SMTP id 4so1526386fxm.13 for ; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:10:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=AO3T89bygOqYw6y97DrwP58TGak5U3/GqXftFb/ZysM=; b=ju1Qj4rZL6EUjdmb+OS8h9l7rG7uwYSz+nmEFI4KOK9KITcWj4akqqPjx9wruoO6m3 qF/2YRjbRCdF5Jt5AOpY+rZq527bS7KGF2Cb+lRkq+6BXScARbQIDk5yqca3goRqpRAM +DGZHWFYNzzg6cfAJR/hvONhXN4ux8ngAvr4M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=FHfZNxgcdmMhiT9eTuT/0BRtq2iy8SwCIzbZPAjzksQuHO0Wp2+ImNuvW++tf/EAkT X3h2vqJnqsIMx0j4WCUq2KiWyjSqulyepAHJ72uuSeNASZxZfNnErRH1NeSX8B0cdWqL j4R4ioS04bwgoVCBwvy9fDgb58lMMP/d9MEpU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.125.131 with SMTP id y3mr349011far.9.1284068616222; Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:43:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.57.20 with HTTP; Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:43:36 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 16:43:36 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Jules Gilbert Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-java-request@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask... 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: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 22:10:21 -0000 On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Jules Gilbert wrote: > About Java. Using java with freebsd/mozilla or another browser. > > Some questions: > > Is GNU java sufficient? I need to be able to run a browser with Java. > No alternative -- and no I don't want to run windoz. > > I'm trying to do an 8.1 install. > Works fine for me as long as you stick with firefox35 > Does anyone have a website or even a set of notes as to the right way > to do this. > > Now an opinion. If Oracle isn't going to help us, we should look > around for an alternative, even inventing something else, something > that isn't Sun/Oracle/Java. > > Because this problem has been getting progressively worse for the past > three or four years or so (longer?,) and, look around, it's hurting > the FreeBSD community. > I believe the FreeBSD Foundation is still accepting donations. -- Adam Vande More