From owner-freebsd-java Mon Sep 4 4:34:52 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from hermes.research.kpn.com (hermes.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.8]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA9DB37B422 for ; Mon, 4 Sep 2000 04:34:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from l04.research.kpn.com (l04.research.kpn.com [139.63.192.204]) by research.kpn.com (PMDF V5.2-31 #42699) with ESMTP id <01JTRZBDSE26000DBV@research.kpn.com> for freebsd-java@freebsd.org; Mon, 4 Sep 2000 13:34:39 +0200 Received: by l04.research.kpn.com with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) id ; Mon, 04 Sep 2000 13:34:38 +0100 Content-return: allowed Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 13:34:37 +0100 From: "Koster, K.J." Subject: RE: Unified BSD/JDK port mailing list? To: 'Greg Lewis' Cc: 'FreeBSD Java mailing list' Message-id: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7820@l04.research.kpn.com> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Content-type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > > I am trying to get some form of infrastructure done to > > support work on a unified BSD JDK port. The idea is to supply those > > who are porting Sun's JDK to either FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD and any > > other platform I've forgotten with a single web site for status > > reports and such. Unless someone steps forward on this ... *deafening > > silence* ... I will take that up and multi-bsd my web pages. > > Good idea. I'm happy to do patchsets for the other BSDs > through my site if people would like. That provides something which > has already jumped through SCSL compliancy hoops. Alternatively I'm > happy to give whatever parts of the site people want to them. > Can I take you up on that offer? I'd like to see our sites merge, in one form or another. I've also had some offers for mirroring and content editing from others. It would be nice to combine the enthousiasm in some form or another. I would not mind trashing my look-n-feel for a more unified one for starters. :) Anyone like to take a shot at that? > > > On top of that, I would really like to have a single > > mailing list for these efforts, and I was wondering how much > > objection there is to using our Java mailing list for that purpose. > > No objection. Politically it might make NetBSD and OpenBSD > people feel uncomfortable though. > Agreed. I thought of this before, but I decided that it would be a neat little test to see how the FreeBSD camp regards offering other BSD's a peek into their kitchen. Sorry about that, guys. I could not resist. What I find extremely encouraging is that I have had not a single objection or even "it's not going to work"--message. Amazing, I'm stunned. %-) There must be genuine interest in the unified Java port. \begin{flamebait} I guess that this also shows that there is indeed a greater sense of belonging between the BSD's than there is between the Linuxen. Greater tolerance, at the very least. \end{flamebait} > > In terms of the mailing list (and I'm happy to be the one to do this > if its thought to be a good idea) I'd like to suggest > approaching Daemon News to see if they are interested in hosting > special purpose unified BSD mailing lists such as this. Comments? > I'm trying to contact Chis Coleman on this one. http://www.openpackages.org/java seems the perfect place to host both our web sites, don't you think? And how would java@openpackages.org sound? Let's see what he says first. Kees Jan ================================================= TV is the worst of both worlds. It's not as good at words as radio is because the pictures are a distraction which demand attention, and it's not as good as cinema because the pictures are not nearly as good. Douglas Adams To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message