Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2003 22:37:22 -0600 From: Greg Lewis <glewis@misty.eyesbeyond.com> To: Aristedes Maniatis <ari@ish.com.au> Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: binary release Message-ID: <20030826043722.GA28511@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <C37E6286-D74B-11D7-B2BA-000A9573A836@ish.com.au> References: <C37E6286-D74B-11D7-B2BA-000A9573A836@ish.com.au>
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On Tue, Aug 26, 2003 at 08:30:43AM +1000, Aristedes Maniatis wrote: > Congratulations to everyone who made this possible, it seems that JDK > 1.3.1 has been released as binary: > > http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/press/20030825-java131.shtml > > I have a question. Is the binary release the same as the 1.3.1p8_2 > port? If I have that installed on a production server should I be > looking at upgrading to the binary? Its almost the same. If anything, 1.3.1p8_2 is slightly more up to date, but the differences are very minor. > I am also curious; the release said > > > "The Foundation is now financing efforts to accelerate the completion > of [JDK 1.4.1]." > > Does that mean that there are programmers being paid for their skills > to complete this? Who are they? Personally I think it is great that > money can be found to implement such core functionality in > non-glamorous areas of FreeBSD, and make sure that someone works on it > other than in their spare time between midnight and 3am. I hope Sun is > contributing to this effort. There was an announcement regarding this some time back. You can probably find it if you look through the archives :). Otherwise I'll let the people in question speak up. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org
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