From owner-freebsd-java Thu Apr 20 15:56:58 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from hotmail.com (f258.law8.hotmail.com [216.33.240.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A9A9D37B746 for ; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:56:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jmd526@hotmail.com) Received: (qmail 65450 invoked by uid 0); 20 Apr 2000 22:56:53 -0000 Message-ID: <20000420225653.65449.qmail@hotmail.com> Received: from 209.220.228.2 by www.hotmail.com with HTTP; Thu, 20 Apr 2000 15:56:53 PDT X-Originating-IP: [209.220.228.2] From: "John Daniels" To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: JDK1.2.2 Date: Thu, 20 Apr 2000 18:56:53 EDT Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi: I have some questions about Java under FreeBSD. I have a project that I would like to use Java for. I would like to use the latest version: 1.2.2, but I am a bit reluctant to use software that is termed "Pre-Alpha." Can anyone comment on the stability of the pre-alpha jdk, especially since the blackdown port is available as a reference (or bootstrap) - is FreeBSD's "pre-alpha" as stable as Blackdown's current version? I am running FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE. Mr. Koster's web pages state that the pre-alpha is does not build cleanly on 4.0 systems. Is this still the case? What advantages/disadvantages are there to using a native Java over the blackdown Java running under Linux emulation? Most of the Java ports require JDK1.1.8, how difficult/possible is it to use those ports with 1) "native" 1.2.2, 2) linux-based blackdown 1.2.2? Sun's Forte IDE is now available ("Free") under Sun's community license - are there any plans to port this? Also, I understand that someone has IBM's visualage for Java working under FreeBSD - could that be made into a port? There seem to be many difficulties working with Sun. Even the Blackdown people have had difficulties (as described on their website). This may not be nefarious - it may just be a matter of scarce resources. But it seems that the more that we can show a need for Sun's attention, the better. As such, is it possible to get support from Apple, since OSX users may benefit from a Java port? John ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message