From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 1 05:48:32 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 4EB8A106566C for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 05:48:32 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fbsd@dannysplace.net) Received: from mailgw.dannysplace.net (mailgw.dannysplace.net [204.109.56.184]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E45008FC14 for ; Wed, 1 Jun 2011 05:48:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]) by mailgw.dannysplace.net with esmtp (Exim 4.72 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1QRdup-000L4m-CS; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:24:24 +1000 Received: from dhcp-095-096-157-183.chello.nl (dhcp-095-096-157-183.chello.nl [95.96.157.183]) by www.dannysplace.net (Horde Framework) with HTTP; Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:24:23 +1000 Message-ID: <20110601152423.14381t5kiw8f8rok@www.dannysplace.net> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:24:23 +1000 From: Danny Carroll To: Jonathan Chen References: <4DE4CFB4.6080801@dannysplace.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.3.7) / FreeBSD-8.0 X-Exim-Version: 4.72 (build at 12-Jul-2010 18:31:29) X-Date: 2011-06-01 15:24:23 X-Connected-IP: 127.0.0.1:56956 X-Message-Linecount: 43 X-Body-Linecount: 22 X-Message-Size: 1683 X-Body-Size: 858 X-Received-Count: 2 X-Recipient-Count: 2 X-Local-Recipient-Count: 2 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: fbsd@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) Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New to Java on FreeBSD. 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: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 05:48:32 -0000 Quoting Jonathan Chen : > OpenJDK is the only JVM that's getting any real love under FreeBSD at > the moment. It's pretty stable, no slower than jdk16, and pretty much > works as exepcted for web-app development. There are packages > available off the package-sites, and the licence is GPLv2. > > However, Swing support is "close-but-not-quite". You can trigger race > conditions with some apps (eg: Netbeans, and apps with Netbeans base, > like iReports); but in most cases it works. If you're willing to live > with that you're good to go with OpenJDK. Thanks for the reply. I see that JBoss is in the ports collection (with multiple versions) Is it also possible to install JBoss and use this JVM? If so, can it be done without the hassle of installing the other JDK first? What are peoples experience with JBoss under FreeBSD? -D