From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 18 07:06:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 21CE71065692 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:06:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (gerbercreations.com [71.39.140.16]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EA1A8FC17 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:06:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from misty.eyesbeyond.com (localhost.eyesbeyond.com [127.0.0.1]) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id nBI76rYF084245; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:06:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) Received: (from glewis@localhost) by misty.eyesbeyond.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id nBI76q68084244; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:06:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from glewis@eyesbeyond.com) X-Authentication-Warning: misty.eyesbeyond.com: glewis set sender to glewis@eyesbeyond.com using -f Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 23:06:51 -0800 From: Greg Lewis To: Massimo Lusetti Message-ID: <20091218070651.GA84172@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <200912161656.07886.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> <20091217051109.GA68713@misty.eyesbeyond.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: General thoughts on java@freebsd-8/amd64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 07:06:55 -0000 On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 09:47:55AM +0100, Massimo Lusetti wrote: > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Greg Lewis wrote: > > > I would say at this point that there is unlikely to be one unless someone > > donates a substantial amount of money to the Foundation. ?The Diablo > > releases are pretty expensive. ?You can run the one for 7.0 with compat7x > > installed, with some limitations. > > Would you mind to elaborate a little more about limitations you're > talking about? If you're trying to use an application that dynamically instantiates a JVM itself or uses its own JNI library rather than a pure Java application then you're likely to have trouble since you're mixing and matching code from different versions of the operating system. > What is your thinking about the best option to run java6 on FreeBSD > 8 right now? openjdk6. It needs an update to b17 though. -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org