Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 18:05:43 -0400 From: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pushing for default jdk / jre to become java/diablo-j{dk,re} Message-ID: <17916.26167.148125.945848@jerusalem.litteratus.org> In-Reply-To: <20070317211359.GA22211@thought.org> References: <45FC4E85.7040005@u.washington.edu> <20070317211359.GA22211@thought.org>
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Gary Kline writes: > > I was just wondering if there was any way where we -- as a > > group -- could push to make the default jdk / jre the diablo > > packaged versions because frankly I don't want a system to assume > > that I want to compile the 1.5 jdk / jre from scratch by first > > installing the linux v1.4.2 of the jdk, and having to go through > > the long and arduous process of compiling java, for little or no > > benefit (the only benefit would be for different architectures > > that aren't available in diablo-jdk/-jre, like sparc, powerpc). > > I agree++, but whom do we ``push''? AFAIK, we [FreeBSD users] > are pretty much a collection of volunteers albeit with some > $$$ contribs. Do we have a (barf) "Decider"!? Let me suggest there be no "pushing". Bad organizational karma. There are two groups of people involved, both of which would welcome a calm, well-considered proposition on this matter (especially if it came with extra hands to do the work): a) the folks who /provide/ Java(tm) in its various forms. These can be found on the java@ mailing list. b) the maintainers+committers of the ports that /use/ Java. There are rather more of these: huff@>> grep jdk /usr/ports/INDEX-7 | wc 426 16402 311797 (For the record, I'm a member of neither.) Were I in your shoes, I'd start by _asking_ the folks on java@ why what you propose in not already the case. No, I take that back: I'd start bu searching the (mailing list) archives to see if this idea has surfaced before. Robert Huff
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