From owner-freebsd-java Tue Dec 22 08:07:15 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id IAA08344 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 08:07:15 -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 IAA08328 for ; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 08:07:09 -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 JAA02477; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 09:07:05 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@rocky.mt.sri.com) Received: by mt.sri.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id JAA06153; Tue, 22 Dec 1998 09:07:04 -0700 Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 09:07:04 -0700 Message-Id: <199812221607.JAA06153@mt.sri.com> From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav Cc: Nate Williams , freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: JDK1.1.7.V98-12-21 released In-Reply-To: References: <199812220541.WAA04451@mt.sri.com> <199812221535.IAA06007@mt.sri.com> X-Mailer: VM 6.34 under 19.16 "Lille" XEmacs Lucid Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > 1) install the source code under ${PREFIX}/jdk1.1.7/src instead of > > > leaving it packed > > > > This is how Sun distributes it. The sources are (IMO) not much good to > > have around, especially unpacked. It would also make the distribution > > *much* bigger. > > No it wouldn't. The sources are already there. It would only add one > line to the Makefile (and a dependency on unzip). Sure it would. Each file takes up a minimum of 4K, and since there are so many of them 'bundling' them together is better than not. > As to the claim about the sources not being much good, well, they're > the best documentation there is. I disagree. I've rarely had to look at them, and I've been doing this professionally for well over 2 years. If you need good documentation, get the Chan & Lee books. They're much better than the on-line stuff. The sources are much harder to peruse. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message