From owner-freebsd-java Thu Sep 14 13:22:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from acs-24-154-28-99.zoominternet.net (acs-24-154-28-99.zoominternet.net [24.154.28.99]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC9D037B423 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2000 13:22:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by topperwein.dyndns.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id LAA33853 for ; Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:57:23 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2000 11:57:23 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna Reply-To: behanna@zbzoom.net To: java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Java v1.3 JDK/JRE for FreeBSD v4.x In-Reply-To: <200009141545.JAA17480@nomad.yogotech.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 14 Sep 2000, Nate Williams wrote: > [ Moved to freebsd-java ] > > > > > In dealing with the Netscape issue, I was reminded of the latest Java > > > > implementation on v1.3 of the JDK/JRE. Has there been effort to > > > > add Java JDK/JRE v1.3 to -current or possible -STABLE?!? > > > > > > Because Java is not open-source, it will never become a default part of > > > the FreeBSD OS. > > > > > > An external port of JDK1.2.2 is in the works, to be followed by a JDK1.3 > > > release. Followups to freebsd-java. > > > > Just FYI (and I won't continue in this forum), but I've > > semi-successfully gotten IBM JDK 1.3.0 for Linux to run on FreeBSD > > 4.1-STABLE. > > With or without Drew's patches? This was without, but I have to admit that by "work", I mean, it successfully compiles and runs a "Hello, world" program. I hadn't gotten farther with it, but that's a damned sight farther than I got with the Sun tarball. -- Chris BeHanna Software Engineer (at yourfit.com) behanna@zbzoom.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message