From owner-freebsd-java Tue Jun 5 15:56:19 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from heinz.jollem.com (c104187.upc-c.chello.nl [212.187.104.187]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7794F37B405 for ; Tue, 5 Jun 2001 15:56:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ernst@heinz.jollem.com) Received: (from ernst@localhost) by heinz.jollem.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f55MsJZ13167; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 00:54:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ernst) Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 00:54:14 +0200 From: Ernst de Haan To: John Daniels Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: JDK ports revisited Message-ID: <20010606005414.A12530@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from jmd526@hotmail.com on Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 06:27:37PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org John, John Daniels wrote: > Is it better to group by jdk or platform? > > java/platform-src-jdkxx (current practice) > vs. > java/jdkxx-src-plaform Personally I prefer your suggested naming scheme, but in the spirit of the existing FreeBSD ports I think platform-src-jdkXX is the way to go. > Everyone agrees that there is no need for a third digit in the version > number? (jdk1x = latest version of 1.x) Well, this depends. There are pros and cons for both approaches. Most people prefer not having a third digit. This group does not include me, the more JDKs I can install, the better. But I do agree the ports system will get bloated pretty quickly otherwise. Ernst -- Ernst de Haan Java Architect Jollem Information Technology "Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message