From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 5 21:43:00 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 8D60016A400 for ; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 21:43:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from msa@allman.ms) Received: from mail102.csoft.net (lilly.csoft.net [205.205.219.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 34CAE43D75 for ; Wed, 5 Apr 2006 21:42:59 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from msa@allman.ms) Received: (qmail 88436 invoked by uid 3922); 5 Apr 2006 21:42:58 -0000 Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 17:42:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Michael Allman To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20060405173445.E15399@yvyyl.pfbsg.arg> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: 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: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 21:43:00 -0000 Hi, I just downloaded the new FreeBSD 6 J2SE 5.0 jdk binary package. I've tried it with Eclipse and JBoss, and so far so good. It's definitely faster than the last version of 5.0 I built from ports. In fact, responsiveness and start up time with Eclipse seem much improved. It looks like we have a real winner here. Thanks to all who contributed and for making FreeBSD a no-brainer for this Java developer. Michael