From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 5 00:55:07 2003 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 C858337B401 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 00:55:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zaphod.euronet.nl (zaphod.euronet.nl [194.134.168.213]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 622E143FB1 for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 00:55:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ernst@zaphod.euronet.nl) Received: from zaphod.euronet.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zaphod.euronet.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h556ZH4G054970; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 08:35:17 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ernst@zaphod.euronet.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost [[UNIX: localhost]]) by zaphod.euronet.nl (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h556ZGqE054969; Thu, 5 Jun 2003 08:35:16 +0200 (CEST) From: Ernst de Haan Organization: Wanadoo Nederland B.V. To: Greg Lewis , freebsd-java@freebsd.org Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 08:35:15 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.1 References: <20030604172238.GA25212@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <20030604172238.GA25212@misty.eyesbeyond.com> X-Address: Muiderstraat 1, Amsterdam, Netherlands MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200306050835.15998.ernst.dehaan@nl.wanadoo.com> Subject: Re: Experimental patchsets 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, 05 Jun 2003 07:55:08 -0000 Greg, What about creating -devel ports, like java/jdk13-devel ? Ernst On Wednesday 04 June 2003 19:22, Greg Lewis wrote: > Hi all, > > I've started placing more frequent "experimental" patchsets up for > download. The aim is to let people get at features and test them earlier > without the load of doing a full patchset release. It should also make > it easier for people to contribute without CVS access. However, as these > patchsets haven't been through a release cycle they aren't guaranteed to > work, the documentation is a little rough, etc. They also aren't going > to be supported in the ports system and you're expected to be able to > build things yourself. Bug reports are, of course, welcome. > > At the moment these patchsets are being built for 1.3.1 and 1.4.1 (1.2.2 > to follow soon). I expect to put these up weekly. > > For your edification, these patchsets should contain the following major > features in comparison to the current release: > > 1.3.1: > . OpenBSD support. > . HotSpot builds (on FreeBSD) with the 4.x system compiler. > > 1.4.1: > . Browser plugin support. > . NetBSD support. > > Please see the ChangeLog files for the details of who contributed these > features.