From owner-java@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 15 17:40:37 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA08189 for java-outgoing; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 17:40:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from relay.nuxi.com (nuxi.cs.ucdavis.edu [128.120.56.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id RAA08176 for ; Mon, 15 Dec 1997 17:40:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from obrien@NUXI.com) Received: (from obrien@localhost) by relay.nuxi.com (8.8.7/8.6.12) id BAA23456; Tue, 16 Dec 1997 01:40:23 GMT Message-ID: <19971215174023.27352@relay.nuxi.com> Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 17:40:23 -0800 From: "David E. O'Brien" To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Goals for the JDK port Reply-To: obrien@NUXI.com References: <3.0.3.32.19971212191058.00900dd0@hyperreal.org> <19971215185751.63790@functional.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.81 In-Reply-To: <19971215185751.63790@functional.com>; from Giao Nguyen on Mon, Dec 15, 1997 at 06:57:51PM -0500 X-Warning: Mutt Bites! X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE Organization: The NUXI *BSD group X-PGP-Fingerprint: B7 4D 3E E9 11 39 5F A3 90 76 5D 69 58 D9 98 7A X-Pgp-Keyid: 34F9F9D5 Sender: owner-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk > There's been a lot of talk about CVS repository, make files, etc. > There's been one thing I've been curious about. What are the goals of > the port? An added question. Some on the list wanted to use GNU tools, notable gmake because it is more "portable". But if we can only release diffs agaist the machine dependant parts of the code, aren't the patches from this group enharently NOT portable. -- -- David (obrien@NUXI.com -or- obrien@FreeBSD.org)