Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:36:39 +0100 From: Mark Hindess <mark.hindess@googlemail.com> To: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> Cc: Lev Serebryakov <lev@freebsd.org>, freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OpenJDK BSD Port project: why FreeBSD Java Fondation is not metioned? Message-ID: <200809060837.m868bRTB032738@d12av03.megacenter.de.ibm.com> In-Reply-To: <20080903205006.GA66614@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <48BE7D9D.9090500@FreeBSD.org> <200809031816.04525.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> <20080903205006.GA66614@misty.eyesbeyond.com>
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In message <20080903205006.GA66614@misty.eyesbeyond.com>, Greg Lewis writes: > > On Wed, Sep 03, 2008 at 06:16:04PM +0300, Achilleas Mantzios wrote: > > > > [snip] > > > > Moreover it is still unclear which java people will mostly run in the > > future and who is going to be porting it. > > Thats hard to say. Prior to the release of Java 7 the plan is to have two > things done: > > 1. Have the BSD port integrated into the main OpenJDK trunk. > 2. Have all of the "binary plug" issues resolved so they aren't needed. > > If those two happen I would expect that FreeBSD users would generally run > OpenJDK 7. I suspect that some FreeBSD users would prefer a "java" with a license that is closer to the BSD license. Perhaps, they'll use Apache Harmony? (It might actually be working on FreeBSD in the same sort of time frame.) Regards, Mark.
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