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Subject: Re: is 4.11 still a good idea?
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Your point conflicts with the previous reply, that 5.3 is too cutting-edge.

By the way, is there native support for Java 1.4 on FreeBSD 5.x? It 
broke in my ports installation. I did manage to get the Linux compatible 
version up though.

Kris Kennaway wrote:

>On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 12:02:58PM +0800, Foo Ji-Haw wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi guys,
>>
>>I'm thinking of installing 4.11 on my next server, seeing that we have 
>>some Java issues on the 5.x series (I've been informed that native Java 
>>on 5.x is not a good idea).
>>    
>>
>
>Why not?
>
>  
>
>>Can I get some feedback on whether development and/ or support on 4.11 
>>is still active and updated? I've spent quite some time on the 4.x 
>>series, so I am quite comfortable with it.
>>    
>>
>
>It's certainly not very active.  Some developers still have an
>interest in it, but most of the development and bug fixing activity
>goes into the 5.x and 6.x branches.
>
>Kris
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>