From owner-freebsd-java Mon Feb 25 9: 4:38 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from zaphod.euronet.nl (zaphod.euronet.nl [194.134.128.241]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DAE8437B405 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 09:04:34 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ernst@localhost) by zaphod.euronet.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1PH4Pg08912; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 18:04:25 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ernst) Message-Id: <200202251704.g1PH4Pg08912@zaphod.euronet.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Ernst de Haan Organization: EuroNet Internet B.V. To: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams), Jay Sachs Subject: Re: bsd.java.mk and native jdk1.3.1p6 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 18:04:25 +0100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020225172933.L50703-100000@puget.esil.univ-mrs.fr> <3C7A6A5C.7060908@eziba.com> <15482.27689.514402.133071@caddis.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <15482.27689.514402.133071@caddis.yogotech.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Nate, I'm quite stubborn, I know: > 1) It requires alot of changes to the existing Makefile structure as > released from Sun. Perhaps some ${SED} magic ? :-) > 2) Even if #1 is done, we would have to maintain these changes on our > own, and Sun has shown a propensity to radically change the build > environment between releases, such that the work would have to be > redone everytime a new release of the JDK was released. If we would be able to use ${SED} magic, then perhaps this won't be necessary? > 3) The number of times a user has to build the JDK should be *very* > small (once every 6 months or so), so the amount of work saved > vs. the amount of time saved is very little (IMO). Well, up until now, we have no JDK, so people do need to compile the whole thing :-) And even if we had a binary JDK: Making the life of the porters easier is in my opinion even more important than making the life easier of normal users ;-) Sincerely, Ernst -- Ernst de Haan EuroNet Internet B.V. "Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message