From owner-freebsd-java Mon Feb 3 21: 1:23 2003 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 E044A37B401 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:01:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from mgr3.xmission.com (mgr3.xmission.com [198.60.22.203]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C9E843F75 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2003 21:01:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from mail by mgr3.xmission.com with spam-scanned (Exim 3.35 #1) id 18fvCx-0005Pl-03; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 22:01:19 -0700 Received: from [207.135.128.145] (helo=misty.eyesbeyond.com) by mgr3.xmission.com with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1) id 18fvCo-0005HE-03; Mon, 03 Feb 2003 22:01:18 -0700 Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h1450Re14824; Tue, 4 Feb 2003 15:30:27 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Tue, 4 Feb 2003 15:30:12 +1030 From: Greg Lewis To: "Georg-W. Koltermann" Cc: Alexey Zelkin , Max Khon , freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: jdk 1.4.1 patchset2 is coming ... Message-ID: <20030204153012.A14769@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <20030203134010.A69472@phantom.cris.net> <20030204012148.A23926@iclub.nsu.ru> <20030203213233.A72514@phantom.cris.net> <1044312220.281.15.camel@bat.localnet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <1044312220.281.15.camel@bat.localnet>; from g.w.k@web.de on Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 11:43:27PM +0100 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.5 required=8.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES, SIGNATURE_SHORT_DENSE,SPAM_PHRASE_00_01,USER_AGENT, USER_AGENT_MUTT,X_AUTH_WARNING version=2.43 X-Spam-Level: Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Feb 03, 2003 at 11:43:27PM +0100, Georg-W. Koltermann wrote: > What does this mean for the -current branch? Has the libc_r stuff been > included in 5.0-R, or will I need to CVSup to current -current? Its not in 5.0-R. You'll either need to patch your libc_r (patch is included in the patchset) or CVSup to CURRENT. > P.S.: Hey guys I am just upgrading my -stable system to 5.0-R *because* > JDK1.4 was reported not to run well on -stable. Now you announce you > have done all further porting work on -stable and only lightly tested on > -current. Grumble. > > A while earlier, last year, I ran -current because billh did all of his > HotSpot work on -current. Then I converted to -stable as life in > -current became too hot (too much work, I mean) to me and as the libc_r > patches for HotSpot had been backported. > > I feel like chasing a permanent current-stable-current-stable spiral of > Java development in FreeBSD. Shouldn't we all agree on *one* primary os > branch for Java, announce that, and stick with it? FreeBSD support has _always_ been targeted at STABLE. CURRENT is too much of a moving target plus many of the team don't have a CURRENT system to test on. That said, of necessity some of the bleeding edge port features initially rely on bleeding edge FreeBSD support. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message