From owner-freebsd-java Mon Feb 25 9:13: 3 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 D447D37B405 for ; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 09:12:56 -0800 (PST) Received: (from ernst@localhost) by zaphod.euronet.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g1PHCnu08937; Mon, 25 Feb 2002 18:12:49 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ernst) Message-Id: <200202251712.g1PHCnu08937@zaphod.euronet.nl> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Ernst de Haan To: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams) Subject: Re: bsd.java.mk and native jdk1.3.1p6 Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 18:12:49 +0100 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.3.2] Cc: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams), Jay Sachs , freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG References: <20020225172933.L50703-100000@puget.esil.univ-mrs.fr> <200202251704.g1PH4Pg08912@zaphod.euronet.nl> <15482.28484.144473.915897@caddis.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <15482.28484.144473.915897@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, > > Perhaps some ${SED} magic ? :-) > > Unfortunately, it's not that easy (seriously). Okay, you're more into that than me, so I guess you're probably right. > > 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 ;-) > > Sure, but having a binary version will make the life of the porters > *much* *much* *much* easier. And, don't forget that the porters are > volunteers. > > If you make the life of the porters too hard or place unreasonable > expectation of them, they may no longer provide any help to the normal > users. This does not make sense to me. I was saying that I *would* like to make the life of porters easier, as I stated above. Allowing them to compile things faster, using Jikes, was something I considered an advantage for them. :-) 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