Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 14:52:13 +0200 From: Panagiotis Astithas <past@netmode.ntua.gr> To: "Jeroen C. van Gelderen" <jeroen@vangelderen.org> Cc: Sean Kelly <kelly@ad1440.net>, Ernst de Haan <ernst@jollem.com>, "Koster, K.J." <K.J.Koster@kpn.com>, FreeBSD Java mailing list <freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Port for the Orion Server (J2EE Application Server) Message-ID: <20010101145213.B75021@netmode.ece.ntua.gr> In-Reply-To: <296590000.978193425@grolsch.ai>; from jeroen@vangelderen.org on Sat, Dec 30, 2000 at 12:23:45PM -0400 References: <006701c071bc$06cd92e0$6a1010ac@rosetta.zon> <296590000.978193425@grolsch.ai>
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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
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