Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 06:13:05 -0700 (PDT) From: William Cai <william.cai@yahoo.com> To: Mark Evenson <mark.evenson@gmx.at>, freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Removal of Java 1.1 and 1.2 support in the ports tree Message-ID: <485927.92179.qm@web34811.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Mark,=0ASorry for the disturbing, but I'm really curious why we need to mai= ntain a feature dropped in post JDK 1.1 versions. If possible, could you pl= ease show us more details? :-)=0A=0AThanks, William=0A=0A----- Original Mes= sage ----=0AFrom: Mark Evenson <mark.evenson@gmx.at>=0ATo: freebsd-java@fre= ebsd.org=0ASent: Tuesday, October 2, 2007 5:17:19 PM=0ASubject: Re: Removal= of Java 1.1 and 1.2 support in the ports tree=0A=0AHerve Quiroz wrote:=0A= =0A> More than a month ago, JDK ports related to Java 1.1 and 1.2 were mark= ed=0A> DEPRECATED and scheduled for removal. This period has come to an end= ,=0A> and it is now time that we remove the support for these ports in=0A> = bsd.java.mk before we delete the JDK ports themselves.=0A=0AI just noticed = that java/jdk11 is scheduled for removal, so sorry for =0Athe late comment.= =0A=0AI would like to add one use case for this port: compiling code that = =0Awill run on the version of Java shipped with every vanilla Microsoft OS = =0Asince Windows 98 (aka. "the Microsoft Virtual Machine"). Its been a =0A= number of years (2003) since I needed this (getting an Java SSH applet =0At= hat will work in any cybercafe on the planet). but java/jdk11 was =0Areally= the only environment where I had a chance of producing code that =0Aseemed= to work reliably.=0A=0AMaybe I never will need to do this kind of work aga= in, but I just wanted =0Ato mention how this port could potentially be usef= ul outside of internal =0AFreeBSD ports dependencies.=0A=0A-- =0A<Mark.Even= son@gmx.at>=0A=0A"[T]his is not a disentanglement from, but a progressive k= notting into."=0A=0A_______________________________________________=0Afreeb= sd-java@freebsd.org mailing list=0Ahttp://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinf= o/freebsd-java=0ATo unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-java-unsubscribe= @freebsd.org"=0A=0A=0A
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