Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2000 12:46:06 +1030 (CST) From: Greg Lewis <glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au> To: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Pre-alpha JDK 1.2.2 patches -- issues Message-ID: <200003220216.MAA05822@ares.maths.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <200003220140.SAA02335@nomad.yogotech.com> from Nate Williams at "Mar 21, 2000 06:40:03 pm"
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> > > The problem with 2.2.8 is that the compiler can't handle the stock Java > > > sources. Not sure if this is a problem that's worth spending alot of > > > time on (although my main development box is still running 2.2.8, so > > > we'll see.) > > > > How about installing gcc 2.95.2 (I believe there is still some support for > > FreeBSD-a.out in its source) on such a box? Thats the only way around it > > I can think of at the moment. > > Been there. I ended up with a bunch of __virtual_bletch errors. Thats not a good sign... In some ways, with the ports tree no longer actively supporting 2.2.8, this will end up being low priority I think. > > Right. I don't believe that source code patches are available from > > Blackdown at the moment though :(. I'm really hoping there will be some > > in the future though, as they would be most helpful. > > Sun just released the entire blackdown build as SCSL today/yesterday. I > downloaded it earlier. Check out the Early Release section on JD > Connection. Great! That should be a big help (well, hopefully :). I'll grab that as soon as I get a chance. Thanks :). > > Perhaps we could include shujit or TYA as a default JIT? I'm not sure if > > either of their licenses allow this or how well they work with the code, > > but I think its worth looking into. > > It might not be 'legal' to do so though. We can make it an easy > addition, but I don't think we can bundle it as part of the tarballs. > One could argue that we're distributing a modified version, and that may > lead to legal trouble. Good point. Not the time to get offside with Sun I think. Making it an easy add on is a good idea too. We could conceivably put a message in the port installation about how you'll have sucky performance unless you install one of these JIT compilers. > > > > c. cmm > > > > > > I don't know what this is. > > > > I think I'm going to email the Blackdown folk and see if I can't find out :). > > Great, keep us informed. Did a bit of sleuthing before I decided to mail. Its loaded by java.awt.color.CMM.java, which is the "Color Management Module". Still doesn't tell me particularly what it does, but its a start ;). You won't find anything about this class in the JDK 1.2 documentation since it has precisely zero javadoc comments. -- Greg Lewis glewis@trc.adelaide.edu.au Computing Officer +61 8 8303 5083 Teletraffic Research Centre To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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