Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:01:39 -0700 From: Brian Gardner <openjdk@getsnappy.com> To: Aristedes Maniatis <ari@ish.com.au> Cc: "freebsd-java @ freebsd. org" <freebsd-java@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: openjdk8 Message-ID: <69143AEE-A142-4256-AAB6-B8451A880ED1@getsnappy.com> In-Reply-To: <53214EF2.30408@ish.com.au> References: <531D83E7.205@ish.com.au> <66B1E01B-CE0E-42D6-A6A1-9EF86B4B3B56@getsnappy.com> <53214EF2.30408@ish.com.au>
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It seems like there are fewer patches in openjdk8 than there were in openjdk7, but there are still quite a few though. I initially ported openjdk6 over the freebsd four or five years ago, and this port was much easier than that one. Brian On Mar 12, 2014, at 11:23 PM, Aristedes Maniatis <ari@ish.com.au> wrote: > Thanks for your work on this. It is much appreciated. Out of interest, now that OSX is a first tier Oracle supported platform, does that make it any easier to port? > > Shame that FreeBSD support isn't an integral part of Oracle's release process. > > Ari > > On 13/03/2014 12:17pm, Brian Gardner wrote: >> I'm working on a port with Greg. It's in its early stages though. It's current state is that it compiles and passes all but 5 of the hotspot jtreg tests. We are looking at getting the port into version control soon. Once in there we will set it up for testing. >> >> Brian >> >> On Mar 10, 2014, at 2:20 AM, Aristedes Maniatis <ari@ish.com.au> wrote: >> >>> Is there a port or package somewhere in testing which I can use for early evaluation of Java 8? I'd like to set up some java 8 environments on our test server. All I found was: >>> >>> http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.openjdk.hotspot.devel/7697 >>> >>> but no real followup since 2012. With the final Java 8 release in a week or two I'd like to get a headstart on my customers for ensuring there isn't going to be a problem. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> --------------------------> >>> Aristedes Maniatis >>> ish >>> http://www.ish.com.au >>> Level 1, 30 Wilson Street Newtown 2042 Australia >>> phone +61 2 9550 5001 fax +61 2 9550 4001 >>> GPG fingerprint CBFB 84B4 738D 4E87 5E5C 5EFA EF6A 7D2E 3E49 102A >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-java@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-java >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-java-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> > > -- > --------------------------> > Aristedes Maniatis > ish > http://www.ish.com.au > Level 1, 30 Wilson Street Newtown 2042 Australia > phone +61 2 9550 5001 fax +61 2 9550 4001 > GPG fingerprint CBFB 84B4 738D 4E87 5E5C 5EFA EF6A 7D2E 3E49 102Ahelp
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