Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 16:25:25 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: "John Daniels" <jmd526@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Cliff Rowley's 'Port...' question Message-ID: <200007102225.QAA00487@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <20000710221853.82945.qmail@hotmail.com> References: <20000710221853.82945.qmail@hotmail.com>
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> > > Is there an ongoing effort to provide an actual 'Port' for the > > > FreeBSD JDK? If not, I'd like to make a start on one... > > >What's wrong with /usr/ports/java/jdk? > > > >What version are you referring to ? There is a production-quality > >JDK 1.1 available, and there is a beta-quality JDK 1.2, and there is > *!====================!* > >a almost-production-quality Linux JDK 1.2 (Blackdown RC4). > > > The responses to Cliff Rowley's question are somewhat disappointing. Cliff > has posted many times to this list (I counted 7 in June). No offense to Cliff, but I get 500 msgs/day, so remembering that Cliff posted 7 times in June means nothing to me. > Even if you didn't know that, and even if you didn't know that the > content of at least _some_ of his postings concerned JDK 1.2.2, > wouldn't it logically make sense that he is referring to JDK1.2.2? > JDK1.1.8 and the Blackdown 1.2.2 are already ports! Having spent close to 8 years doing FreeBSD work, I don't assume much of anything anymore. It saves alot of time and email traffic. :) > Also, did I miss an announcement? Was patchset 9 declared 'beta', or has > patchset 10 been released? (as beta? if so, I need to update from 9). Not that I'm aware of. I'm trying to get some more source code for Greg and the rest of the gang, and my house-moving project seems to have gotten in the way. :( Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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