From owner-freebsd-java Fri Jun 1 2:37:15 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from heinz.jollem.com (c104187.upc-c.chello.nl [212.187.104.187]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AABE337B424 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2001 02:37:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ernst@heinz.jollem.com) Received: (from ernst@localhost) by heinz.jollem.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) id f519ZJU03246; Fri, 1 Jun 2001 11:35:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ernst) Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 11:35:19 +0200 From: Ernst de Haan To: "Koster, K.J." Cc: java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: JDK ports revisited Message-ID: <20010601113519.A3234@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> References: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FD9C48@l04.research.kpn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FD9C48@l04.research.kpn.com>; from K.J.Koster@kpn.com on Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 10:58:13AM +0100 Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Dear Kees Jan, > > (b) Add a few new ports, for *instance*: > > * java/linux-sun-jdk12 # The Sun JDK 1.2 for Linux > > Will install to ${PREFIX}/linux-sun-jdk1.2.2 > > > > * java/linux-ibm-jdk12 # The IBM JDK 1.2 for Linux > > Will install to ${PREFIX}/linux-ibm-jdk1.2.2 > > > Do we need all the Linux 1.2.2 JDK's when 1.3.x is out and 1.4 hitting soon? > I suggest we don't bother and just use Linux JDK's 1.3.x and higher. > > Perhaps we should keep linux sun 1.2.2 around for comparison with our native > port, but the linux ibm 1.2.2 port is unnecessary. Well, I wouldn't mind having the 1.2 JDK's in the ports tree, the more JDK's I can test with, the better. I write my applications to work on JDK 1.2 too, if you switch to 1.3 then all of your clients will be forced to do the same. So what do you think of the general approach? Kind regards. Ernst -- Ernst de Haan Java Architect Jollem Information Technology "Come to me all who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message