From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Oct 2 13:39:47 2007 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 0482516A417 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:39:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from william.cai@yahoo.com) Received: from web34811.mail.mud.yahoo.com (web34811.mail.mud.yahoo.com [209.191.68.175]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ADD4B13C447 for ; Tue, 2 Oct 2007 13:39:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from william.cai@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 92662 invoked by uid 60001); 2 Oct 2007 13:13:05 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Mailer:Date:From:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=A9eqILOSz0B8v6qMF3u+pq34CFBiZQbMEaSkM6wI/gPFSO3BUoWRIJVvHz2PSWGdEeaQXzKLxTora5rJRUd1gJDlzeKe5v3rSaNouOwgciktMbkMYdL5hS88DhnTQjdB215gQd21026r68NsVzPY8C8dIz2TMF5lLMFbWwgOrGY=; X-YMail-OSG: ixcBZSUVM1kdcwsibDEVtJibaYSz8HSoOlovyNGswZRO.tWvtphC42hJgna4YUTQoh1t_NCQl3_Zss3him3V9WAhKYhCEQtq3sYAaiQza71UvEBPf5krZnJrBqLtaw-- Received: from [209.191.119.133] by web34811.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:13:05 PDT X-Mailer: YahooMailRC/651.50 YahooMailWebService/0.7.134 Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 06:13:05 -0700 (PDT) From: William Cai To: Mark Evenson , freebsd-java@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-ID: <485927.92179.qm@web34811.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Cc: Subject: Re: Removal of Java 1.1 and 1.2 support in the ports tree 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: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 13:39:47 -0000 Mark,=0ASorry for the disturbing, but I'm really curious why we need to mai= ntain a feature dropped in post JDK 1.1 versions. If possible, could you pl= ease show us more details? :-)=0A=0AThanks, William=0A=0A----- Original Mes= sage ----=0AFrom: Mark Evenson =0ATo: freebsd-java@fre= ebsd.org=0ASent: Tuesday, October 2, 2007 5:17:19 PM=0ASubject: Re: Removal= of Java 1.1 and 1.2 support in the ports tree=0A=0AHerve Quiroz wrote:=0A= =0A> More than a month ago, JDK ports related to Java 1.1 and 1.2 were mark= ed=0A> DEPRECATED and scheduled for removal. This period has come to an end= ,=0A> and it is now time that we remove the support for these ports in=0A> = bsd.java.mk before we delete the JDK ports themselves.=0A=0AI just noticed = that java/jdk11 is scheduled for removal, so sorry for =0Athe late comment.= =0A=0AI would like to add one use case for this port: compiling code that = =0Awill run on the version of Java shipped with every vanilla Microsoft OS = =0Asince Windows 98 (aka. "the Microsoft Virtual Machine"). Its been a =0A= number of years (2003) since I needed this (getting an Java SSH applet =0At= hat will work in any cybercafe on the planet). but java/jdk11 was =0Areally= the only environment where I had a chance of producing code that =0Aseemed= to work reliably.=0A=0AMaybe I never will need to do this kind of work aga= in, but I just wanted =0Ato mention how this port could potentially be usef= ul outside of internal =0AFreeBSD ports dependencies.=0A=0A-- =0A=0A=0A"[T]his is not a disentanglement from, but a progressive k= notting into."=0A=0A_______________________________________________=0Afreeb= sd-java@freebsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinf= o/freebsd-java=0ATo unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-java-unsubscribe= @freebsd.org"=0A=0A=0A