From owner-freebsd-java Sat Dec 16 6:34:56 2000 From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Dec 16 06:34:54 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from public.bta.net.cn (public.bta.net.cn [202.96.0.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D622537B400 for ; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 06:34:50 -0800 (PST) Received: from netrinsics.com([202.106.13.201]) by public.bta.net.cn(JetMail 2.5.3.0) with SMTP id jm113a3ba41f; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 14:34:00 -0000 Received: (from robinson@localhost) by netrinsics.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) id eBGEYJY26457; Sat, 16 Dec 2000 22:34:19 +0800 (+0800) (envelope-from robinson) Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2000 22:34:19 +0800 (+0800) From: Michael Robinson Message-Id: <200012161434.eBGEYJY26457@netrinsics.com> To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.org Subject: Demand for native FreeBSD Java (was: RE: OpenJIT problem) Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Ernst de Haan writes: >Considering the number of requests for a FreeBSD JDK from Sun, I would not be >surprised to see a 1.4 for FreeBSD within a few months after they released the >Linux version. Right now, there are 3767 votes for a official Sun FreeBSD JDK on the developer connection. However, in the last two months, only two people (besides myself) have expressed any interest at all in providing any sort of financial support for a native JDK port: http://www.cosource.com/cgi-bin/cos.pl/wish/info/380 So, basically, in the FreeBSD Java universe, there are about three people willing to do the work, about three people willing to pay for the work, and several thousand finger and toe crossers. Sun isn't going to commit any of their own resources to such a project. In the rather likely event that current conditions persist, FreeBSD will get a native 1.3 JDK sometime around mid-2002, and a 1.4 port sometime in 2003. -Michael Robinson To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message