From owner-freebsd-java Wed Jan 28 12:33:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA13188 for java-outgoing; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:33:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns.mt.sri.com (sri-gw.MT.net [206.127.105.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA13158 for ; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 12:33:14 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@mt.sri.com) Received: from mt.sri.com (rocky.mt.sri.com [206.127.76.100]) by ns.mt.sri.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id NAA02818; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 13:33:10 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id NAA05708; Wed, 28 Jan 1998 13:33:09 -0700 Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 13:33:09 -0700 Message-Id: <199801282033.NAA05708@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Jonathan Chen Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: YAJDK115 beta In-Reply-To: References: <199801230618.AAA12174@damon.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.29 under 19.15 XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Tried out the jdk115b3.tar.gz with swing-0.7's examples/SwingSet, > (on 2.2.5-RELEASE, P120, 32M) and was pleasantly suprised that the > whole thing didn't crash after loadup (previous versions used to > fail very ungracefully). Response was sluggish, but marginally > acceptable. The only major problem I could find was if I tried the > "Color Chooser" or "About" box, the port chewed up heaps of processor > time, trashed the disk (swapping?), and then nothing... > > Other minor gripes: > .java_wrapper should be changed to use /bin/sh instead of /bin/ksh > (which doesn't exist on stock FreeBSD system); changes are minor, > and would enable an `out-of-box experience'. Try out: ftp://hub.freebsd.org/pub/incoming/java/jdk1.1.5.tar.gz. Hopefully all of your gripes are fixed. I want to make a more 'official' release, but 've been swamped at work. If I can get someone to build a WWW page for the java stuff that we can install on freefall, it would certainly make my life easier. If interested, *PLEASE* send me email. Nate