Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 17:03:39 -0500 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Dave Pooser <dave-freebsd@pooserville.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ongoing JRE support in FreeBSD? Message-ID: <BANLkTi=HHEmJcCjEdQk=nRV9oGhH4TL5Dw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <C9E337F1.3F8B9%dave-freebsd@pooserville.com> References: <C9E337F1.3F8B9%dave-freebsd@pooserville.com>
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On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Dave Pooser <dave-freebsd@pooserville.com>wrote: > That said, I see there are packages in the 8.2 RELEASE tree, so there's > clearly some kind of work going on. I guess my question is, can I expect > FreeBSD to be a solid platform for Java deployment going forward, or am I > better off taking the road more traveled and deploying on Linux? > Unless you're willing to use OpenJDK, Linux is better option. The native JDK runs fine under 8, but it's patchset is severely out of date. OpenJDK has improved a lot and is a good substitute for me, but you may wish to check into it's suitability for your use. -- Adam Vande More
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