Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:47:07 -0600 From: Jesse McConnell <jesse@gallup.com> To: portmgr@freebsd.org, java@FreeBSD.ORG, sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG, kevlo@FreeBSD.ORG, sebster@sebster.org, ernsth@nl.euro.net Subject: Support bsd.java.mk Message-ID: <20020227094707.A91818@gallup.com>
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Great idea! I think this will really help increase peoples awareness
for java support on freebsd. I would love to get more people aware of
how good java is on fbsd. I have run the linux JDK's a lot and they
just seem prone to failures when you change kernel versions, or
especially have any differences in the glibc stuff. Never really had a
problem with java on fbsd. :)
I wanted to comment on that bsd.java.mk file. I really like the
idea of adding it as I am working jboss ports at the moment. I should
make that a lot easier. One note that I think we might want to consider
is where javadoc information could go.
Perhaps if those are chosen to be installed then we could install them
into ${PREFIX}share/doc/java . All javadoc apis could be installed into
subdirs based on port name and then tweak a html file in that java
directory adding the link to that subdir's api info. Then flash a
message at the end of the port install mentioning that the docs are
browsable via a local browser or by linking to that directory from
perhaps /usr/local/www/data. That would all people to link in a page or
directory which would provide access to all javadoc info.
Another thing I have read talked about is where the jars could go on
simple things like helper classes. I like the idea of helper classes
getting installed in something like /usr/local/java/libs or jars. Then
we could provide a script like the glib12-config and gtk12-config only
for the classpath.
It would be handy to be able to set your classpath with all those
special helper classes just by typing:
export CLASSPATH=`java-config`
Chau!
Jesse
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Jesse McConnell <jesse@gallup.com>
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