From owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 18 20:39:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F8D21065694 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:39:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chuckr@telenix.org) Received: from mail4.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail4.sea5.speakeasy.net [69.17.117.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B3298FC14 for ; Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:39:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 6329 invoked from network); 18 Dec 2009 20:12:21 -0000 Received: from april.chuckr.org (HELO april.telenix.org) (chuckr@[66.92.151.30]) (envelope-sender ) by mail4.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 18 Dec 2009 20:12:21 -0000 Message-ID: <4B2BE255.4000307@telenix.org> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:13:09 -0500 From: Chuck Robey User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (X11/20090121) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg Lewis References: <200912161656.07886.achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com> <20091217051109.GA68713@misty.eyesbeyond.com> <20091218070651.GA84172@misty.eyesbeyond.com> In-Reply-To: <20091218070651.GA84172@misty.eyesbeyond.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Massimo Lusetti , freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: General thoughts on java@freebsd-8/amd64 X-BeenThere: freebsd-java@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting Java to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:39:01 -0000 Greg Lewis wrote: > On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 09:47:55AM +0100, Massimo Lusetti wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 6:11 AM, Greg Lewis wrote: >> >>> I would say at this point that there is unlikely to be one unless someone >>> donates a substantial amount of money to the Foundation. ?The Diablo >>> releases are pretty expensive. ?You can run the one for 7.0 with compat7x >>> installed, with some limitations. >> Would you mind to elaborate a little more about limitations you're >> talking about? > > If you're trying to use an application that dynamically instantiates a JVM > itself or uses its own JNI library rather than a pure Java application then > you're likely to have trouble since you're mixing and matching code from > different versions of the operating system. > >> What is your thinking about the best option to run java6 on FreeBSD >> 8 right now? > > openjdk6. It needs an update to b17 though. > Really? Greg, I'm runnning the port labelled "jkd16", and with that as a base, I've been running eclipse with great success, but I know I'm going to *have* to upgrade sometime. Could you please tell me what's the relationship between the jdk16 port and openjdk? I mean, is one of those in a somewhat parental relationship with the other? Are they related? Will my experience with jdk16 have a good chance of being just as good with openjdk6? I hope I'm not stupid enough to ask you to "guarantee" that, but with everything else being equal, are my chances good of this?