Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 20:20:44 +0200 From: Josef El-Rayes <j.el-rayes@daemon.li> To: freebsd-www@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: [review-request]: java homepage Message-ID: <20030909182044.GA1774@daemon.li> Resent-Message-ID: <200309112256.h8BMuc6C002113@daemon.li>
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--MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline hi! i wanted to do some update of the homepage of the java project as it is currently still talking about 1.1.8 jdk, which is quite outdated. i thought it is best to introduce the freebsd foundations' jdk in some sentences. what do you think of it? see my patch for details -josef ps: isn't it possible to get the doc's sgml entities into www sgml pages? how do i acheive things like &os; in a webpage? -- www: http://www.daemon.li nic-hdl: JER1080312-NICAT BSD in AT: www.bsdcode.at "Make World - Not War!" --MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="index.sgml.diff" --- java/index.sgml Tue Sep 9 20:13:31 2003 +++ /home/shammer/index.sgml Tue Sep 9 19:43:33 2003 @@ -94,16 +94,19 @@ </tr> </table> - <p>We currently have support for 2.2.x, 3.x, 4.x and 5-CURRENT FreeBSD - Systems for &jdk; 1.1.8. Anything prior to FreeBSD 2.2 (such as FreeBSD - 2.1.7.1) is not supported.</p> + <p>The FreeBSD Foundation has negotiated a license with Sun Microsystems to + distribute FreeBSD binaries for the Java Runtime Environment (JRE™) and + Java Development Kit (JDK).</p> - <p><b>Newsflash!</b> The FreeBSD Foundation has secured a license from - Sun Microsystems to distribute a native FreeBSD version of both the - Java Development Kit (JDK) and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE™). - Thanks to the great efforts of the FreeBSD Java team, these should - be available for inclusion with a future release of FreeBSD. - See <a href="newsflash.html">Newsflash page</a> for details.</p> + <p>The current release of the JDK and JRE available via the FreeBSD Foundation + is 1.3.1. These binaries have been tested and certified to run with FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE + but may also work on other 4.X releases. These binaries are not intended for use + with FreeBSD 5.X, due to a binary compatibility issue the FreeBSD Foundation + is working with the FreeBSD release engineering team to resolve.</p> + + <p>For further information please read the + <a href="http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java-errata.shtml">FreeBSD + Foundation Java Errata</a></p> </td> </tr> --MGYHOYXEY6WxJCY8--
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