From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 5 02:59:18 2003 Return-Path: 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 B613F16A4D0 for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 02:59:18 -0800 (PST) Received: from arwen.dawnbreaks.net (eth4771.sa.adsl.internode.on.net [150.101.250.162]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D90E743FDD for ; Wed, 5 Nov 2003 02:59:15 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from db@dawnbreaks.net) Received: (qmail 60719 invoked by uid 1001); 5 Nov 2003 10:59:13 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 5 Nov 2003 10:59:13 -0000 Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 21:29:13 +1030 (CST) From: David Bullock X-X-Sender: db@arwen.lorien.dawnbreaks.net To: Sheldon Hearn In-Reply-To: <20031105091212.GK73736@starjuice.net> Message-ID: <20031105205702.T32563-100000@arwen.lorien.dawnbreaks.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Tip for Intellij IDEA 3.0.5v2 with 1.4.1-p3^H4 X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 10:59:18 -0000 On Wed, 5 Nov 2003, Sheldon Hearn wrote: > On (2003/11/05 04:11), David Bullock wrote: > > > It took only 2 hours to compile it, and remember to re-copy things, > > and then ... it all just works. > > > > Thanks a million. My choice of FreeBSD is thus vindicated! > > 2 hours for a JDK build? I envy you your hardware. :-) > > There's no doubt in my mind that FreeBSD is becoming a better Java > platform with time. My only concern is whether it's happening fast > enough. This is much less an issue with the BSD Java Porting Team than > it is with 5.x's slow development. Well, I'm the president of the Australian Java User's group, and while I can't promise anything, I'd be very happy to hear of things that would speed this development along, to see what I could do. Especially with the recent aspersions on the Linux codebase by SCO (not that they have much substance), it seems extremely important that FreeBSD be there with a good JVM as an alternative. I can well imagine that having access to quick compiling machine would be a basic need (mine's nothing special, BTW, just an Athlon XP 1800 with little else to do). The FreeBSD foundation don't exactly say what they're already doing, planning to do, and how well aligned their actuals and their budget is, so it is hard to know how to contribute. cheers, David Bullock