From owner-freebsd-java Mon Jan 1 4:41:42 2001 From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 1 04:41:40 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from ntua.gr (achilles.noc.ntua.gr [147.102.222.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC9FB37B400 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 04:41:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from netmode.ntua.gr (dolly.netmode.ece.ntua.gr [147.102.13.10]) by ntua.gr (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id OAA03793; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 14:41:36 +0200 (EET) Received: (from past@localhost) by netmode.ntua.gr (8.11.1/8.11.1) id f01CqDC75171; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 14:52:13 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from past) Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 14:52:13 +0200 From: Panagiotis Astithas To: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" Cc: Sean Kelly , Ernst de Haan , "Koster, K.J." , FreeBSD Java mailing list Subject: Re: Port for the Orion Server (J2EE Application Server) Message-ID: <20010101145213.B75021@netmode.ece.ntua.gr> Reply-To: past@netmode.ntua.gr References: <006701c071bc$06cd92e0$6a1010ac@rosetta.zon> <296590000.978193425@grolsch.ai> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <296590000.978193425@grolsch.ai>; from jeroen@vangelderen.org on Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 12:23:45PM -0400 X-Organizational-Unit: Network Management and Optimal Design Laboratory X-Organization: National Technical University of Athens, GREECE X-Work-Phone: +30-1-772-1-450 X-Work-FAX: +30-1-772-1-452 Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 12:23:45PM -0400, Jeroen C. van Gelderen wrote: > The bottom line is that Java != C/C++ and the rules that apply to > C/C++ do not carry over when it comes to binary vs. source. Although my heart on this matter is on the side of compiling the source, I can see that there is probably an important difference between Java and C/C++ programs: Java programs are (supposed to be) platform-independent, so you don't generally have to provide FreeBSD-specific patches to make them work. I think that was the main reason for the creation of the ports system and it doesn't seem to hold in this case. -past To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message