From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 19 19:33:27 2005 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 0839E16A4CE for ; Thu, 19 May 2005 19:33:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from chen.org.nz (chen.org.nz [210.54.19.51]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1548543D54 for ; Thu, 19 May 2005 19:33:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jonc@chen.org.nz) Received: by chen.org.nz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6D46256421; Fri, 20 May 2005 07:33:22 +1200 (NZST) Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 07:33:22 +1200 From: Jonathan Chen To: Ronald Klop Message-ID: <20050519193322.GA22593@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i cc: "freebsd-java@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: preferred java version for javavm? 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: Thu, 19 May 2005 19:33:27 -0000 On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 08:50:04PM +0200, Ronald Klop wrote: > Hello, > > Is it true that bsd.java.mk tells javavm that jdk 1.4 is preferred above > jdk 1.5? Yes >If yes, is this because 1.4 has proven itself more than 1.5 or is > it just never changed when 1.5 was ready? The latter, 1.5 is still marked alpha. -- Jonathan Chen ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "One, with God, is always a majority, but many a martyr has been burned at the stake while the votes were being counted." -- Thomas B. Reed