From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 21 21:25:25 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 F1640106564A for ; Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:25:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bdsfbsd@att.net) Received: from smtp108.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com (smtp108.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com [68.142.198.106]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B58C08FC13 for ; Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:25:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 34274 invoked from network); 21 Jun 2010 20:58:45 -0000 Received: from ack5833s2.ad.service.osu.edu (bdsfbsd@128.146.175.36 with login) by smtp108.sbc.mail.mud.yahoo.com with SMTP; 21 Jun 2010 13:58:45 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: d5tX3UiswBBe7eAro3WwBCIcMc7tMmv23kUXyA-- X-YMail-OSG: jeEd5SQVM1nXWVPHvkxKKQ8H9OyHIGXPRRzgNEJ2Q7cKgODsOsqDDrgQ2czHIGD9Vj.SPEyCH9Lp9Oswgk65PKMHtCAecZmP.LAsCi.CEptxtx9TAPAzHquVcXBPlbPwkjqG4d0MutHi91FPJwGQk28YLTnvFkHVpMIzi9nFcCk8.psh28Gtw4jJOpNgabQ63plEueOP_vas06s6G7vYzu_p5s3XA.W8f4HnwlrPwffKtYliSVVJYKSiVTBZ5JWbeU2Gxz3e.mBWa3Srvb7PeWID8v7TrDC6 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org References: <4C1F85D5.7040408@intertainservices.com> Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 16:58:55 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: bdsfbsd@att.net Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <4C1F85D5.7040408@intertainservices.com> User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.54 (Win32) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 21:30:49 +0000 Subject: Re: openjdk vs diablo-jdk 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 21:25:26 -0000 On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:31:33 -0400, Mike Jakubik wrote: > 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 One is certified by Sun and is sadly outdated and no longer maintained 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. > I don't know much, but it sounds like you answered your own question there. >> 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. > I don't get it, how can openjdk bring in diablo-jdk as a dependency yet be less functional? Brian