From owner-freebsd-java Wed Feb 27 7:58:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from zaphod.euronet.nl (zaphod.euronet.nl [194.134.128.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F159D37B41A for ; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 07:58:33 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ernst@localhost) by zaphod.euronet.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1RFwSl17597; Wed, 27 Feb 2002 16:58:28 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ernst) Message-Id: <200202271558.g1RFwSl17597@zaphod.euronet.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Ernst de Haan To: Jesse McConnell Subject: Re: Support bsd.java.mk Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 16:58:28 +0100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] References: <20020227094707.A91818@gallup.com> In-Reply-To: <20020227094707.A91818@gallup.com> Cc: java@FreeBSD.ORG MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit 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 Thanks Jesse :) Ernst On Wednesday 27 February 2002 16:47, Jesse McConnell wrote: > Great idea! I think this will really help increase peoples awareness > for java support on freebsd. I would love to get more people aware of > how good java is on fbsd. I have run the linux JDK's a lot and they > just seem prone to failures when you change kernel versions, or > especially have any differences in the glibc stuff. Never really had a > problem with java on fbsd. :) > > I wanted to comment on that bsd.java.mk file. I really like the > idea of adding it as I am working jboss ports at the moment. I should > make that a lot easier. One note that I think we might want to consider > is where javadoc information could go. > > Perhaps if those are chosen to be installed then we could install them > into ${PREFIX}share/doc/java . All javadoc apis could be installed into > subdirs based on port name and then tweak a html file in that java > directory adding the link to that subdir's api info. Then flash a > message at the end of the port install mentioning that the docs are > browsable via a local browser or by linking to that directory from > perhaps /usr/local/www/data. That would all people to link in a page or > directory which would provide access to all javadoc info. > > Another thing I have read talked about is where the jars could go on > simple things like helper classes. I like the idea of helper classes > getting installed in something like /usr/local/java/libs or jars. Then > we could provide a script like the glib12-config and gtk12-config only > for the classpath. > > It would be handy to be able to set your classpath with all those > special helper classes just by typing: > > export CLASSPATH=`java-config` > > Chau! > Jesse -- Ernst de Haan EuroNet Internet B.V. "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