Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 09:05:25 -0600 (MDT) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Arun Sharma <arun@sharmas.dhs.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: NGPT 1.0.0 port to freebsd Message-ID: <15164.39221.111336.661501@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <20010629010159.A8557@sharmas.dhs.org> References: <20010629010159.A8557@sharmas.dhs.org>
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[ It would have been helpful to have a one-line description of what NGPT is at the top of this, rather than requiring the folks to go to a URL. ] > - The main point of this port is to have a reasonable native freebsd > pthread implementation till the scheduler activations stuff is ready. With the current license, this won't be installed as part of the base kernel. (GPL and/or LGPL) > - Java heads: does this help to pass the JCK ? Nope. I suspect we could pass the JCK/TCK today, but we haven't run the tests yet due to legal reasons. > Is that the main reason > we can't have a binary FreeBSD JDK distribution ? I've read -java for > several months now and I still can't find the answer. It's been answered time and time again over the past months, so you must not be paying attention. The binary distribution hasn't been created because we don't have a legal license to do so (yet). However, there is (and has been) ongoing work with Sun to get something in place. The BSDi->WindRiver acquisition did *NOT* help things, as it forced us to start over from scratch as a number of folks at WindRiver who were aiding the Java team are no longer involved (as they were laid off). In summary, a Java binary distribution of JDK1.2.2 will come out *very soon* after a usable license with Sun has been signed. Hopefully, we'll have a JDK1.3 binary distribution soon after, as Greg Lewis has made alot of progress on it and has it limping along right now. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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