Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1998 09:07:04 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: JDK1.1.7.V98-12-21 released Message-ID: <199812221607.JAA06153@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <xzpu2yotbxi.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> References: <199812220541.WAA04451@mt.sri.com> <xzpyao0tcr4.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> <199812221535.IAA06007@mt.sri.com> <xzpu2yotbxi.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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> > > 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
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