From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 25 00:39:55 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 5E78216A4E1 for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:39:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mv@thebeastie.org) Received: from p4.roq.com (ns1.ecoms.com [207.44.130.137]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B151743D55 for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:39:54 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mv@thebeastie.org) Received: from p4.roq.com (localhost.roq.com [127.0.0.1]) by p4.roq.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C4704D6CF for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:40:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vaulte.jumbuck.com (ppp166-27.static.internode.on.net [150.101.166.27]) by p4.roq.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 339A24D6CD for ; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:40:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vaulte.jumbuck.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by vaulte.jumbuck.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 269148A06A; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:39:53 +1000 (EST) Received: from [192.168.46.102] (unknown [192.168.46.250]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by vaulte.jumbuck.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22FD28A066; Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:39:53 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <44C56858.70608@thebeastie.org> Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 10:39:52 +1000 From: Michael Vince User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20060404 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "M. Goodell" References: <20060724172817.45122.qmail@web32406.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20060724172817.45122.qmail@web32406.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Cc: FreeBSD Java Subject: Re: Java 1.5 Stability Question 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: Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:39:55 -0000 M. Goodell wrote: >We started building: /usr/ports/java/jdk15 from source and immediately saw > the message: "WARNING: This is BETA quality software!" > > Based on this information, we are assuming this port is not safe for a production environment, therefore, I would like to know what Java port, if any, is safe for a production environment in the FreeBSD universe. > > We would really like to have the new features of Java 1.5 as part of our system we > are beginning development on. Is this a realistic possibility to have the latest Java 1.5 > and FreeBSD play together? > > The recommended Java to use for 1.5 is the Diablo Java which is certified. The cost to get the Diablo Java packages together certified and everything else totaled almost 60k according to the foundation financial documents so you really should use them, and they don't require compiling! http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/downloads/java.shtml Mike