Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 15:10:40 +0100 From: "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com> To: 'Cliff Rowley' <cliff@olive.co.uk>, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: Query... Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D75F6@l04.research.kpn.com>
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Hello Cliff,
>
> We need to run our custom written Java software on it, and need to be
> able to run Servlets / JSP. Our systems are high end systems, and
> although it's probably not good to run them using a (what I guess you
> could call) beta JVM, but the software is already proven to
> be reliable in this case, and merely needs patching to fit our beloved
> operating system.
>
Ah, careful. It's not beta quality yet. It's alpha quality.
>
> If there are any dire issues that people are aware of aside from those
> fixed in the current patch set, please let me know so that I can be
> prepared when I have to write and chair a report for my employer.
>
As long as you are sticking with back-end stuff such as the Servlets/JSP you
mention, I believe that the direst problems have been resolved. Patchset 9
will include some fixes for spawning processes from your JVM. I will switch
to our native port for compilation/back-end with the release of patchset 9,
although I will still use the Linux JDK to run my (Swing) front-end
application.
If your software is heavily threaded I would be scratching my head. I've
seen some problems in Swing that seem to point to thread deadlock, but it's
hard to put my finger on it. Some vague reports on the freebsd-java list
seem to point in the same direction, but no hard evidence has been provided.
On the other hand, it would be nice to be able write in your report: "even
the alpha stuff that comes out of the FreeBSD community is better than
Linux' production stuff".
*duck* joke guys. No flames, please. :)
Have you tried running your software with the port? Generally it's the
problems that are reported that get fixed (hint, hint). All the problems
that have been reported have been hard lockups or crashes. There don't seem
to be any subtle, creeping bugs. If your stuff runs out of the box, you're
probably going to be OK.
>
> Many thanks, and WELL DONE the FreeBSD/Java porting team and
> contributers, your work is appreciated more than you know.
>
*blush* :-)
Kees Jan
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