From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 31 11:48:32 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 851B2106566B for ; Tue, 31 May 2011 11:48:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from danny@dannysplace.net) Received: from mailgw.dannysplace.net (mailgw.dannysplace.net [204.109.56.184]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 54CEA8FC0A for ; Tue, 31 May 2011 11:48:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mailgw.dannysplace.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:CAMELLIA256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.72 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1QRN6y-000CXc-LY for freebsd-java@freebsd.org; Tue, 31 May 2011 21:27:49 +1000 Message-ID: <4DE4CFB4.6080801@dannysplace.net> Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 13:23:32 +0200 From: Dan Carroll User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: danny@dannysplace.net X-Authenticated-User: danny X-Authenticator: plain X-Exim-Version: 4.72 (build at 12-Jul-2010 18:31:29) X-Date: 2011-05-31 21:27:48 X-Connected-IP: 127.0.0.1:51772 X-Message-Linecount: 30 X-Body-Linecount: 19 X-Message-Size: 1238 X-Body-Size: 801 X-Received-Count: 1 X-Recipient-Count: 1 X-Local-Recipient-Count: 1 X-Local-Recipient-Defer-Count: 0 X-Local-Recipient-Fail-Count: 0 X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: danny@dannysplace.net X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on damka.dannysplace.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.9 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.3.1 X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on mailgw.dannysplace.net) Subject: New to Java on FreeBSD. X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: fbsd@dannysplace.net List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 11:48:32 -0000 Hello, I'm not new to java, nor am I new to freebsd. But I've never combined the two since historically, it was either not possible or difficult. But I'm about to emark on a new project and java is my language of choice. I was wondering if it's feasible to do this with FreeBSD now. It looks like the recommended way to go is to use openJDK on freebsd. Is it an efficient JRE? Is it stable? Are there binary packages available or are there licensing problems that prevent it? What about EJB and Servelet containers? Is it possible to get something going under FreeBSD. I guess basically I am curious as to what the overall status of Java and FreeBSD is. The FreeBSD project page is quite outdated, so I just joined this list in the hope that someone can shed some light for me. -D