From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 13 23:28:17 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org 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 DA28F16A400 for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:28:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [202.89.146.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0BE443D6D for ; Thu, 13 Apr 2006 23:28:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4E82A5641C; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:28:15 +1200 (NZST) Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:28:15 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: "Scott I. Remick" Message-ID: <20060413232815.GA1683@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <20060405173445.E15399@yvyyl.pfbsg.arg> <1k0243416wlr9.1gyrg9gwnjj7.dlg@40tude.net> <20060413204340.GA940@osiris.chen.org.nz> <1dobolb0s0tar$.olb3f9dqu3l4.dlg@40tude.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1dobolb0s0tar$.olb3f9dqu3l4.dlg@40tude.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: new FreeBSD java binaries 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, 13 Apr 2006 23:28:17 -0000 On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 05:57:51PM -0400, Scott I. Remick wrote: > Thanks for taking a stab at my confusion, Jonathan. I'm almost clear. One > thing still confuses me, though: if the diablo-jdk15 port was specifically > created on 4/6 in order to provide a means to obtain the new BINARIES via > the ports system, and caffe and latte are source tarballs while the ones > labeled jdk and jre are the actual binaries, why does the diablo-jdk15 port > use diablo-caffe (SOURCE) instead of diablo-jdk (BINARY)? In general, the ports system builds from sources if possible; the final decision is up to the port-maintainer. As the sources for the diablo-jdk15 build is available for public perusal, I'm guessing that the port-maintainer has chosen to build from the source to keep the process as open as possible. Cheers. -- Jonathan Chen ---------------------------------------------------------------------- If you're right 90% of the time, why quibble about the remaining 3%?