Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 00:44:51 +0300 From: Sander Vesik <sander.vesik@gmail.com> To: Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> Cc: java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: getting to 5.x binary packages Message-ID: <dcb2c27a041013144411ed7e9e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20041013210419.GA95485@misty.eyesbeyond.com> References: <dcb2c27a04101311294543b724@mail.gmail.com> <20041013210419.GA95485@misty.eyesbeyond.com>
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On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:04:19 -0600, Greg Lewis <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 09:29:01PM +0300, Sander Vesik wrote: > > Ok, this is a sort of 'getting from A to B' question, except that I > > dont presently have a good idea as to where 'A' is precicely ;-) > > > > It would be nice to have binary packages of jdk 1.4 (or 1.5 i guess, > > but anyways) so that it could be a simple download and hopefully ship > > with one of the 5.x releases. So could anybody tell me if : > > Please read the list archives. > > > * there is a plan (or how to get to one existing) > > There is indeed a plan. Cool :) > > > * what the plan is > > The plan is to release binaries as soon as they have been tested. The > current holdup on 4.x is simply a matter of the time it takes to do the > testing. Hopefully soon. The hold up on 5.x is problems with the debug > interface (see the list archives for several discussions on this). 5.x > also currently has problems with the Server VM with gcc 3.4, but we have > some patches that appear to fix that, they just need a little more testing. > Even cooler :) > > * what other java related plans are in FreeBSD > > World domination! Maybe if you could be more specific about what sort of > plans you're interested in... :). > Why, the world domination ones of course ;-) > > * if thereare obvious concrete ways somebody could help > > Someone could find out why jdb blows up on 5.x and submit a patch to fix > it. > Ok, when the 1.4.2 build on my 5.2.1 (or should I upgrde first?) completes so I can start the OpenOffice.org builds, I'll take a look at it. > > * what these ways would be > > See above. > Thanx > -- > Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com > Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com > Information Technology FreeBSD : glewis@FreeBSD.org >
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