From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Dec 3 21:02:41 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id VAA19692 for chat-outgoing; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 21:02:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from zeus.gel.usherb.ca (zeus.gel.usherb.ca [132.210.70.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id VAA19675 for ; Wed, 3 Dec 1997 21:02:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alex.boisvert@gel.usherb.ca) Received: from castor.gel.usherb.ca. (castor.gel.usherb.ca [132.210.70.4]) by zeus.gel.usherb.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA21984; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 00:02:32 -0500 (EST) Received: (from boia01@localhost) by castor.gel.usherb.ca. (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA28255; Thu, 4 Dec 1997 00:02:31 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 00:02:30 -0500 (EST) From: "Alex.Boisvert" To: Nate Williams cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Subject: Re: What can we do about Java? In-Reply-To: <199712040242.TAA22650@mt.sri.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, 3 Dec 1997, Nate Williams wrote: > > 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? In general, I think it's more stable... (What kind of answer did you expect from the guy who did it? ;-) > > 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. :( Isn't Motif 2.0 backward compatible? > > 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. In their current state, the diffs are scary since I have played around in many places in the code+makefiles. With all due respect, I will have to go over the diffs to filter out my little sandbox action before publishing them. After all, I have a reputation to protect ;-) > 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. What would be good is to get together a ""Team Java-FreeBSD" and standardize on some _specific_ JDK release. This way, we can all work together. Many people have JDK 1.1.4 in their hands now, maybe that would be a good starting ("freeze") point? Perhaps we can wait for 1.1.5 if it's released in early Q1'98. Alex.