From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 21 15:31:47 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CFB031065670 for ; Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:31:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mike.jakubik@intertainservices.com) Received: from mail.intertainservices.com (mail.intertainservices.com [38.99.187.35]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A270C8FC1F for ; Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:31:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [172.16.10.199] (unknown [172.16.10.199]) by mail.intertainservices.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 9D4AD5646C for ; Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:31:43 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4C1F85D5.7040408@intertainservices.com> Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:31:33 -0400 From: Mike Jakubik User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.10) Gecko/20100512 Thunderbird/3.0.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-intertainservices-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-intertainservices-MailScanner-ID: 9D4AD5646C.AE91F X-intertainservices-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-intertainservices-MailScanner-From: mike.jakubik@intertainservices.com X-Spam-Status: No Subject: Re: openjdk vs diablo-jdk [was: jdk and java plugin for newbies - icedtea6-stubs and openjdk6?] 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: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:31:47 -0000 On 6/21/2010 10:42 AM, bdsfbsd@att.net wrote: > > So really now this is just an issue of the preferred manner of having > a jdk. I have yet to understand what openjdk is supposed to be versus > what diablo-jdk is supposed to be, at least in terms of FreeBSD.. I > know that openjdk is being designed for many platforms while > diablo-jdk is FreeBSD specific, but the dependencies make it One is certified by Sun and is sadly outdated and no longer maintained (If someone could tell me why that would be great, the freebsd foundation is taking donations, why isn't this money spent to maintain the Sun JDK?), the other is an open source version that is actively maintained. > appear that openjdk on FreeBSD equals diablo-jdk plus other packages. > Is diablo-jdk missing some functionality that openjdk provides? Or are > they somehow qualitatively different things? > The other way around, openjdk is missing some Sun proprietary functions. Mostly though, they provide the same functionality.