Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 20:15:13 -0700 (PDT) From: William Cai <william.cai@yahoo.com> To: FreeBSD Java Mail List <freebsd-java@freebsd.org> Subject: Fw: JDK 1.1 port and MS Java Message-ID: <961461.13509.qm@web34812.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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=0AThe email is sent on behalf of David.=0A=0AThanks, William=0A=0A----- Fo= rwarded Message ----=0AFrom: David P. Caldwell <inonit@inonit.com>=0ATo: wi= lliam.cai@yahoo.com=0ASent: Wednesday, October 3, 2007 3:57:35 AM=0ASubject= : JDK 1.1 port and MS Java=0A=0AHi, William. I tried to post the below to = freebsd-java but for some =0Areason am having problems. (I am subscribed t= o the list.) In any case, =0Afeel free to re-post on my behalf if it seems= useful.=0A=0A-- David.=0A=0A>=0A> > More than a month ago, JDK ports relat= ed to Java 1.1 and 1.2 were marked=0A> > DEPRECATED and scheduled for remov= al. This period has come to an end,=0A> > and it is now time that we remove= the support for these ports in=0A> > bsd.java.mk before we delete the JDK = ports themselves.=0A>=0A> I just noticed that java/jdk11 is scheduled for r= emoval, so sorry for =0A> the late comment.=0A>=0A> I would like to add one= use case for this port: compiling code that =0A> will run on the version = of Java shipped with every vanilla Microsoft OS =0A> since Windows 98 (aka.= "the Microsoft Virtual Machine"). Its been a =0A> number of years (2003) = since I needed this (getting an Java SSH applet =0A> that will work in any = cybercafe on the planet). but java/jdk11 was =0A> really the only environme= nt where I had a chance of producing code that =0A> seemed to work reliably= .=0A>=0A> Maybe I never will need to do this kind of work again, but I just= wanted =0A> to mention how this port could potentially be useful outside o= f internal =0A> FreeBSD ports dependencies.=0A> =0AI believe you can do t= his with newer JDKs by using the -bootclasspath=0Acommand-line switch and p= ointing it toward the JDK 1.1 version of=0Aclasses.zip. So I'm not sure ma= intaining the port is necessary --=0Aalthough someone doing this would need= a copy of a JDK 1.1 classes.zip.=0A=0ABut anyway, do newer Windows PCs shi= p with Microsoft's JVM? I'm pretty=0Asure they don't.=0A=0A-- David.=0A=0A= =0A=0A
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