From owner-java@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 7 14:34:59 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id OAA28966 for java-outgoing; Sun, 7 Dec 1997 14:34:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from livedev.livesystems.com (livedev.livesystems.com [207.211.32.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA28952 for ; Sun, 7 Dec 1997 14:34:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom.chappell@livesystems.com) Received: from tom.livesystems.com (tom.livesystems.com [207.211.32.70]) by livedev.livesystems.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA01879 for ; Sun, 7 Dec 1997 14:24:39 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from tom.chappell@livesystems.com) Received: by localhost with Microsoft MAPI; Sun, 7 Dec 1997 14:24:39 -0800 Message-ID: <01BD031B.DA4B2500.tom.chappell@livesystems.com> From: Tom Chappell Reply-To: "tom.chappell@livesystems.com" To: "freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: RE: which JDK to use? Date: Sun, 7 Dec 1997 14:24:38 -0800 X-Mailer: Microsoft Internet E-mail/MAPI - 8.0.0.4211 Sender: owner-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk >Does anyone have any comments as to which of these is the best choice? > - use the 1.0.2 port (this isn't really an option for me) Me, neither...too much good stuff in java 1.1. > - use the 1.1 port from > http://www.csi.uottawa.ca/~kwhite/jdkbinaries/jdk1.1-FreeBSD.html I've been using the kwhite version so far without trouble; in particular, it's running Sun's Java Web Server without the problems that I had with the "blackdown" Linux version. A better choice of URL for the kwhite version is http://www.csi.uottawa.ca/~kwhite/javaport.html because it lists important license agreements (containing important access codes) and patches for this version. Also, be sure to follow the installation instructions carefully! I'm running 2.2-stable, and this version was bombing consistently for me until I followed the directions more carefully and installed it correctly. > - use the Linux port in emulation mode I was never able to get the "blackdown" Linux port to run Java Web Server reliably -- it would seem to come up, but then it would not reply to queries reliably, as if there were some sort of network I/O problem. Actually, it had precisely the same problem running under Linux. > - use Kaffe I haven't tried JWS under Kaffe yet; I'd be interested myself to hear of people running real-world biggish programs with kaffe -- it certainly seems to be darn fast.