Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 23:45:22 -0600 (CST) From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com Cc: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What can we do about Java? Message-ID: <199712040545.XAA19509@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: <12011.881193302@time.cdrom.com> (jkh@time.cdrom.com) References: <12011.881193302@time.cdrom.com>
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>> I think it's high time FreeBSD become one of the leading Java runtime >> and development platforms. Our OS is already positioned quite well in > Easier said than done - this requires someone who can actively > maintain the Java port, and Jeff Hsu said back in the 1.0.2 days that > he was essentially sidelined now with too much work elsewhere to do > JVM ports anymore (which also need to be tweaked and fixed as the > various Java developers report in with problems) and I don't know of > anyone who's managed to fill his shoes since. It also takes a > willingness to do paperwork and deal with licensing issues since Sun > requires that of whomever's getting the Java source code to do the > work. I've got the source already (it's not hard to get at all), and don't have any problems with paperwork. (I used to work in the DA's office. Need I say more?) My problem is that I've only cursory experience with threads, never programmed X, and generally don't have the programming skills in those areas that would be needed. That's not to say I can't learn. It's just to say that I may need to talk to others. >> I've got the enthusiasm (if not the talent), and I want to help. What >> can I do? What can *we* do? > Well, you could learn how to port the Java development environment > from scratch and keep our support up to date, that would be one really > necessary prerequisite step dealt with. Why from scratch? There are a few 1.1 patches floating around... I actually considered looking over them, looking over the JDK 1.1->1.1.4 diffs, and figuring out what needs new attention. Cheers, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped
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