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Date:      Tue, 12 Sep 2000 13:20:27 -0700
From:      Mike Muir <mmuir@es.co.nz>
To:        Kris Kennaway <kris@FreeBSD.ORG>
Cc:        David Uhring <duhring@charter.net>, "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@ipamzlx.physik.uni-mainz.de>, Mark Lovretovich <mark@cnmnetwork.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Netscape/Linux on FreeBSD an other horrors ...
Message-ID:  <39BE900B.66ACD55@es.co.nz>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009121042090.18589-100000@freefall.freebsd.org>

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Kris Kennaway wrote:

> Javascript isn't the big problem - Java is. There seem to be serious
> threading problems with the JVM which will wedge up the process if you
> breathe too heavily when an applet is loading. However I usually run with
> JS disabled too for security reasons, because I dont trust there not to be
> other undiscovered flaws in the JS implementation.

I've noticed issues such as this with other ports, for example
MoneyDance (ports/deskutils) in which java_X seems to lock up now and
again while loading the program -- if it does succeed in loading, there
are no further problems [that i've seen] however.

	-mike


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