From owner-freebsd-java Sun Dec 31 11:54:31 2000 From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 31 11:54:27 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from crewsoft.com (ns.aenet.net [157.22.214.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A012037B400 for ; Sun, 31 Dec 2000 11:54:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from [63.206.193.161] (HELO wireless-networks.com) by crewsoft.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.3b5) with ESMTP id 394112; Sun, 31 Dec 2000 11:56:55 -0800 Message-ID: <3A4F8F02.4F8CFD51@wireless-networks.com> Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 11:54:43 -0800 From: Cedric Berger X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (WinNT; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Palle Girgensohn Cc: Ernst de Haan , "Koster, K.J." , FreeBSD Java mailing list Subject: Re: Port for the Orion Server (J2EE Application Server) References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7ADA@L04> <20001229144659.A24968@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> <3A4E0D67.BF6586CF@partitur.se> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Palle Girgensohn wrote: > > Well, but -in the FreeBSD spirit- we will download the source files, which > > need to be compiled before we get a JAR. We could let the port download the > > JAR file, but I would not prefer this. I say we use our processor to do what > > it does best: Processing!!!!! ;) Let's give this beast something to do! > > Agree. Also, when an important patch surfaces, it is easy to > apply it to the port. Well, in Java, there is now an official way to 'patch' a jar file. it's called a "jardiff" file, mime: "application/jardiff". http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/jnlp-1_0-spec.pdf In java, we must not forget that a jar file is not really a binary. it's a 'pre-compiled' file, halfway between sources and binary. The 'binary' only exists in memory after the JIT. I strongly object exercising the user processor, memory (try running javadoc on a 32M system), harddrive (to install compilers, etc, ... when not required) and patience just for the fun of it. Cedric To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message