From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 23 11:19:04 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96D6B16A401 for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:19:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from past@ebs.gr) Received: from fly.ebs.gr (fly.ebs.gr [83.171.239.113]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB9C443D5D for ; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:19:00 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from past@ebs.gr) Received: from ebs.gr (root@hal.ebs.gr [10.1.1.2]) by fly.ebs.gr (8.12.9p1/8.12.9) with ESMTP id k2NBIiiK048551; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:18:44 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from past@ebs.gr) Received: from [10.1.1.157] (pc157.ebs.gr [10.1.1.157]) by ebs.gr (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k2NBIk7e008654; Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:18:51 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from past@ebs.gr) Message-ID: <4422840E.8000704@ebs.gr> Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 13:18:38 +0200 From: Panagiotis Astithas Organization: EBS Ltd. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060203) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Lewis References: <441A35AE.2020108@roq.com> <20060321225113.GA53948@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <20060321225113.GA53948@misty.eyesbeyond.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java 1.5 donations 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: Thu, 23 Mar 2006 11:19:04 -0000 Greg Lewis wrote: > Hi Michael, > > On Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 03:06:06PM +1100, Michael Vince wrote: >> I was wondering if anyone knew if there was any details such as a time >> frame and a rough figure of how much it would cost to get some good >> results (or even full Sun Java certification) happening 1.5 Java on >> i386/amd64 as I was hoping maybe I could persuade the company I work at >> to donate. I also did notice that there was recently a funding >> announcement for Java 1.5 on FreeBSD on the FreeBSD foundation web site >> which is good news. > > I don't want to say too much about this just at the moment... I've been wondering why has there been such a silence on the foundation-sponsored work. There hasn't been any status update to let us know if we are still on schedule for a certified Java binary this month. There hasn't even been a disclosure of the identity of the person who is doing the TCK work. It would give more of a "community" feeling to the whole process :-) In the past, we used to see regular status updates from you or Alexey, and Nate Williams used to be even more prompt to discuss the state of affairs, whether good or bad. Is this just a case of too much work / too little time, or has something fundamentally changed in the way the BSD Java team works? Has Sun demanded anything like that? Is it perhaps related to a potential change of course to use Sun partner sources for the certified binaries, rather than SCSL licensed ones? I'm more curious about the 'why has there been such a change', rather than the 'what has changed exactly', if you are not at liberty to disclose stuff. Regards, Panagiotis