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From: Ernst de Haan <znerd@freebsd.org>
To: Christopher Elkins <christopherelkins@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: A Modest Proposal for Java(tm) dependency selection among ports
Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 08:43:45 +0100
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Chris,

I've been ill. Continuing work now. Keep bugging me for improved performance! 
;-)

I will take another look at the proposal I was working on.

Ernst


On Monday 03 December 2001 06:08, Christopher Elkins wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 12:11:57PM +0100, Ernst de Haan wrote:
> > 1] Create simple bsd.java.mk according to the final proposal.
> > 2] Modify all current ports to use the new system
> > 3] Get more applications in the tree
> > 4] Modify portlint to produce warnings in case of fixed references to
> > JDKs 5] Find a way to change a JDK at runtime (*after* install)
> >
> > Something like this. Phase 1 is at the moment the most important, that's
> > for sure :-)
>
> Has there been any movement on this? As a full-time Java developer who uses
> FreeBSD as my primary OS, I'm continually frustrated by the schizophrenic
> nature of many Java ports. (To wit, I've spent much of this evening
> tracking down issues in lang/jython and its use of java/javavmwrapper,
> which seems to have a bug w.r.t passing the -cp option - PRs forthcoming.)
>
> I'm no ports guru, but I am willing to help migrate existing ports to use
> the new system. Moreover, I have some free time coming up. :-)
>
> So, what's the status on implementing the new system?

-- 
Ernst de Haan
EuroNet Internet B.V.

    "Come to me all who are weary and burdened
        and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ

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