Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 14:04:53 -0800 From: Bill Huey (Hui) <billh@gnuppy.monkey.org> To: shudo@computer.org Cc: jdp@polstra.com, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG, john@utzweb.net, "brent@rcfile.org.freebsd-chat"@FreeBSD.ORG, rwatson@freesbsd.org, calvin.austin@sun.com, brian@collab.net, bod@freebsdfoundation.org, "Bill Huey (Hui)" <billh@gnuppy.monkey.org> Subject: Re: patchset 2 report (billh's resignation) Message-ID: <20030208220453.GA1434@gnuppy.monkey.org> In-Reply-To: <20030208.210904.304092174.shudo@localhost> References: <863cn2nf6g.wl@utweb.net> <XFMail.20030206104124.jdp@polstra.com> <20030208.210904.304092174.shudo@localhost>
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On Sat, Feb 08, 2003 at 09:09:04PM +0900, shudo@computer.org wrote: > Unfortunately, you could not have a chance to see my warning to the > FreeBSD-Java list soon after the announce: > > http://docs.freebsd.org/cgi/getmsg.cgi?fetch=50852+0+archive/2001/freebsd-java/20011230.freebsd-java > > The following is an extract from the attached mail: The tests were passed in the green threading system with the help of another vendor recently from private mailings. > The original purpose of the funding, which is boosting the TCK work, > is inconsistent with the following announce by Greg: > > | From: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> > | To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG > | Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2003 03:44:45 +1030 > | > | Again, I would like to thank Alexey Zelkin who has single handedly been > | working on the 1.4 port. I'd also like to thank the FreeBSD Foundation > | who have provided the funding to allow Alexey to continue his work. > > This announce says that FBSD Foundation has provided the fund for the > porting work of JDK 1.4.1, which does not boost the TCK work at all. They need oversight, that's the bottom line and can't be just randomly meddling into various groups. > Greg has been working hard on the TCK work throughout the year 2002. > He has been improved Classic VM of JDK 1.3.1 to get it passing the > TCK. Alexey's current work is porting of HotSpot VM of JDK 1.4.X. > They are completely different activities. > > Or, was the target of the TCK work changed into JDK 1.4.X? > > As many of you know, 1.4.X for FreeBSD has just started working and > still immature and it will need much time to pass the TCK. See the > case of 1.3.1. FreeBSD's 1.4.X will take more time then 1.3.1. > Anyway, it's wasteful to abandon the work on 1.3.1. > > > Both > > Greg and Nate agreed that Alexey would be a good person for the job. > > I guess you mean the TCK work by `the job'. Yep, none of this was clarified, which is has caused a lot of confusion and general wierdness. bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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