From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 17 05:11:12 2009 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 2CEF5106566B for ; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:11:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (gerbercreations.com [71.39.140.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5D478FC08 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:11:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (localhost.eyesbeyond.com [127.0.0.1]) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBH5BAGM068895; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:11:10 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nBH5B9DN068894; Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:11:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:11:09 -0800 From: Greg Lewis To: Achilleas Mantzios Message-ID: <20091217051109.GA68713@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <200912161656.07886.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200912161656.07886.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: General thoughts on java@freebsd-8/amd64 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: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:11:12 -0000 On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 04:56:07PM +0200, Achilleas Mantzios wrote: > Hello, (sorry for having missed some of the latest developments in > FreeBSD-Java in the last couple of years). > The last few days, i have been deploying a new machine (AMD Phenom(tm) > II X4 965 Processor) with FreeBSD 8.0-RELEASE, as my main (next) > development platform. > I noticed that > - diablo-jdk1.6.0/amd64 is not precompiled for FreeBSD 8.0, (but for > FreeBSD 7.0) shouldn't there be one? I would say at this point that there is unlikely to be one unless someone donates a substantial amount of money to the Foundation. The Diablo releases are pretty expensive. You can run the one for 7.0 with compat7x installed, with some limitations. > - there is openjdk16, which says that it will supercede jdk16 in the > future, but the maintainer is not Greg Lewis, > what is Greg's involvement/relationship with this? Brian Gardner did the porting work on openjdk6. IIRC he did at least reference the other ports when doing that. > - there is no openjdk17 port, it is expected to be available in the future? Yes. OpenJDK7 is already ported, there just isn't a formal port of it yet. It's still a pretty fast moving target. I'd also like to see a solution for the bootstrap problem before it's created. > - javawrapper does not behave like it used to. Now it is basically > relying on /usr/ports/Mk/bsd.java.mk It's used bsd.java.mk (if its available) for a long time. It will fall back on its own internal logic if its not. > Anyway, I installed diablo-jdk1.6.0 (for FreeBSD 7.0) from ports, > and openjdk6 from ports, > haven't installed any real app to do performance testing. > Has anyone done any comparisons? > > Anyway, I would like to give Greg, the FreeBSD Foundation, and all > others which contrubuted many many thanks for providing java to FreeBSD > all those years. You're welcome! -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org