From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 30 15:42:18 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E44216A400; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:42:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (c-24-16-180-74.hsd1.wa.comcast.net [24.16.180.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D219F43D46; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:42:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (localhost.eyesbeyond.com [127.0.0.1]) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k2UFg6QH027842; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:42:06 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.13.3/8.13.3/Submit) id k2UFg4JY027841; Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:42:04 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 08:42:03 -0700 From: Greg Lewis To: Panagiotis Astithas Message-ID: <20060330154203.GA27809@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <442AE7DF.8070009@FreeBSD.org> <20060329222524.GA17861@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <442B9CBB.7040305@ebs.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <442B9CBB.7040305@ebs.gr> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: Deb Goodkin , Garance A Drosehn , freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java binaries available soon! X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:42:18 -0000 On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 11:54:19AM +0300, Panagiotis Astithas wrote: > Greg Lewis wrote: > >On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 03:39:08PM -0500, Garance A Drosehn wrote: > >>At 1:02 PM -0700 3/29/06, Deb Goodkin wrote: > >>>Dear Java Community, > >>> > >>>We've been receiving a lot of inquiries on when the Java > >>>binaries will be available. I wanted to let people know > >>>that we will be releasing them by April 5 and hopefully > >>>sooner. ... > >>This is very good to hear! Thanks. > >> > >>What hardware platforms will these be available for? > >>i386 only? Maybe amd64 too? any others? > > > >Initially i386 only. Notionally we could do amd64, but its a matter of > >funding and equipment to do so. Other platforms haven't been ported to. > > Which reminds me that since class data sharing works in these > combinations (6.x/i386, 5.x/i386), it should probably be enabled by > default in the certified binaries. I can't remember if it is or isn't, but its about a month too late to make changes either way. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org