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Date:      Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:56:18 +0100
From:      Lars Engels <lme@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com>
Cc:        glewis@freebsd.org, Some Dude <psychotic.anomaly@gmail.com>, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Jens Schweikhardt <schweikh@schweikhardt.net>
Subject:   Re: Where are the java/jdk16 files?
Message-ID:  <20081216215618.GO161@e.0x20.net>
In-Reply-To: <20081215160245.GA89670@misty.eyesbeyond.com>
References:  <20081214135726.GD22221@schweikhardt.net> <D0B6D4E7-71DF-4A17-AFA4-C00C05AE2026@gmail.com> <20081214163608.GG22221@schweikhardt.net> <20081215160245.GA89670@misty.eyesbeyond.com>

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On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 08:02:45AM -0800, Greg Lewis wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 05:36:08PM +0100, Jens Schweikhardt wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 01:38:31AM +1100, Some Dude wrote:
> > # do a google search for the exact name of the first file, then click o=
n =20
> > # the cached page that'll show the sources and links
> >=20
> > Thanks, dude ;-)
> >=20
> > That was exactly what I a minuta after sending to the list. But still,
> > it appears that someone messed up the download page with the wrong
> > contents. It's all java binary packages when the page is supposed to
> > contain src jars (as it is still the case for the google-cached page;
> > man, I love the google cache!). I ended up on the very same page from
> > other links saying "Source". My intention is to bring this to the port
> > maintainer's attention (Cc'd). Maybe they know a contact at Sun to fix
> > the page contents.
>=20
> Well, this is quite a pain for us.  I imagine that Sun would actually like
> us to switch to OpenJDK6 instead and won't want to put the source code ba=
ck
> up.  Unfortunately thats not something we can do instantly.
>=20
> What is really needed is for someone to host the current source files.
> The tricky part is you need some sort of click through agreement with
> the JRL.  I don't have enough bandwidth to host such a large download
> unfortunately.


Can't we do this on freebsdfoundation.org just like the diablo-jdk
files?

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