From owner-freebsd-java Sun May 27 14:29:44 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from itouch.co.nz (itouch.co.nz [203.99.66.188]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D4C237B424 for ; Sun, 27 May 2001 14:29:41 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jonc@itouch.co.nz) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by itouch.co.nz (8.11.3/8.11.1) id f4RLTK333875; Mon, 28 May 2001 09:29:20 +1200 (NZST) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Mon, 28 May 2001 09:29:20 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: "Koster, K.J." Cc: "'FreeBSD Java mailing list'" Subject: Re: Who used jdk 1.1.8 and linux 1.2.2? Message-ID: <20010528092920.C30532@itouchnz.itouch> References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FD9C0E@l04.research.kpn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FD9C0E@l04.research.kpn.com>; from K.J.Koster@kpn.com on Fri, May 25, 2001 at 10:21:49AM +0100 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 On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 10:21:49AM +0100, Koster, K.J. wrote: > Dear All, > > We are collecting a tremendous number of JDK's. We have 1.1.8, 1.2.2 (2x), > 1.3.0. As soon as someone sits down to write the Makefiles for them, 1.3.1 > and 1.4 should be added to this list. > > I appreciate that 1.1.8 is genuinely useful for applet development, and also > our only official native port. I don't think it's time to pull the plug on > it. Still I'd like to know how widely it's used. Since it's the only official native port, it's the only version that I can install on our production machines. Building the 1.2-beta native is a pain due to the off-on responsiveness of ftp servers. I'm losing hope of ever seeing a release for this... :-( > The usefulness of Linux JDK 1.2.2 is less obvious. Apart from "I haven't had > time", what are your reasons not to switch to 1.3? Are there stability > issues that keep you from moving to 1.3? The only thing stopping me from moving onwards is the lack of an official port. -- Jonathan Chen | To do is to be -- Nietzsche | To be is to do -- Sartre | Scooby do be do -- Scooby To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message