Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2000 11:54:43 -0800 From: Cedric Berger <cedric@wireless-networks.com> To: Palle Girgensohn <girgen@partitur.se> Cc: 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: <3A4F8F02.4F8CFD51@wireless-networks.com> References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E4522026D7ADA@L04> <20001229144659.A24968@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> <3A4E0D67.BF6586CF@partitur.se>
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Palle Girgensohn wrote: > > Well, but -in the FreeBSD spirit- we will download the source files, which > > need to be compiled before we get a JAR. We could let the port download the > > JAR file, but I would not prefer this. I say we use our processor to do what > > it does best: Processing!!!!! ;) Let's give this beast something to do! > > Agree. Also, when an important patch surfaces, it is easy to > apply it to the port. Well, in Java, there is now an official way to 'patch' a jar file. it's called a "jardiff" file, mime: "application/jardiff". http://java.sun.com/products/javawebstart/jnlp-1_0-spec.pdf In java, we must not forget that a jar file is not really a binary. it's a 'pre-compiled' file, halfway between sources and binary. The 'binary' only exists in memory after the JIT. I strongly object exercising the user processor, memory (try running javadoc on a 32M system), harddrive (to install compilers, etc, ... when not required) and patience just for the fun of it. Cedric To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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