Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:24:32 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: this is probably a little touchy to ask... Message-ID: <20100914212432.2a64d5b3@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <AANLkTin2sDbKKBQfEhUFNfG1fbN2LjNZ0mSLJknEBKvk@mail.gmail.com> References: <AANLkTi=7sTm12NUdAeRrX1ZUsSveS9k7dk=hc%2BgWV9jK@mail.gmail.com> <AANLkTin2sDbKKBQfEhUFNfG1fbN2LjNZ0mSLJknEBKvk@mail.gmail.com>
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On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:11:10 -0400 Jules Gilbert <jules.stocks@gmail.com> wrote: > A typical FBSD user wants to be able to do a ports-based install, or > perhaps a pkg_add and, presto, out of the box, have a browser. > > And, here it comes... Wait for it. > > Without too much trouble, have a running Java, connect to that browser > and working. And it doesn't matter if some of us like or don't like > Java. It's here and it's staying here. In ten years, and probably in > twenty years, it will still be an important part of a typical OS > environment. > > I understand that Sun declined to allow pre-built configurations to be > shipped. Okay. Personally, I haven't used java for a long time (or even noticed its absence - unlike flash), so I 'm a bit behind the times. What's the is the problem? If they are stopping pre-built packages then that presumably just means the end of the diablo ports. Before those port existed I don't recall the plug-in situation as being any worse than slightly irritating. Is there more to it than that?
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