From owner-freebsd-java Tue Dec 22 07:48:53 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA05611 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 07:48:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from flood.ping.uio.no (flood.ping.uio.no [129.240.78.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA05598 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 07:48:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from des@flood.ping.uio.no) Received: (from des@localhost) by flood.ping.uio.no (8.9.1/8.9.1) id QAA43708; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 16:48:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from des) To: Nate Williams Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav , freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: JDK1.1.7.V98-12-21 released References: <199812220541.WAA04451@mt.sri.com> <199812221535.IAA06007@mt.sri.com> From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Date: 22 Dec 1998 16:48:41 +0100 In-Reply-To: Nate Williams's message of "Tue, 22 Dec 1998 08:35:36 -0700" Message-ID: Lines: 21 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.5/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Nate Williams writes: > > 1) install the source code under ${PREFIX}/jdk1.1.7/src instead of > > leaving it packed > > This is how Sun distributes it. The sources are (IMO) not much good to > have around, especially unpacked. It would also make the distribution > *much* bigger. No it wouldn't. The sources are already there. It would only add one line to the Makefile (and a dependency on unzip). As to the claim about the sources not being much good, well, they're the best documentation there is. I've frequently had to refer to the sources because neither my library reference nor Sun's online documentation adequately documented the semantics of some methods. This is particularly true of higher-level classes; StreamTokenizer is one example that springs to mind. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message