Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:51:09 +0200 From: Ernst de Haan <ernst.dehaan@nl.wanadoo.com> To: Achilleus Mantzios <achill@matrix.gatewaynet.com>, Roman Kennke <roman.kennke@cognition.uni-freiburg.de> Cc: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Subject: Re: JBoss port Message-ID: <200306111351.09580.ernst.dehaan@nl.wanadoo.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0306111448530.12162-100000@matrix.gatewaynet.com> References: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0306111448530.12162-100000@matrix.gatewaynet.com>
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You misunderstand the concept of the BSD Ports System. The purpose is that applications can be installed by issuing a 'make install'. This is independent of the question how easy it was for the port maintainer to do the actual 'port'. Ernst On Wednesday 11 June 2003 18:53, Achilleus Mantzios wrote: > Is this port really needed? > Are there gonna be FreeBSD-specific patches? > > I dont think so. > > Besides, a "port" means something that is "ported" to FreeBSD. > I dont think JBOSS needs any "porting". > > So why provide a "port"?? > > (sorry to make trouble , while i haven't participated in any > ports philosophical or technical conversation, > but i hate to see (well my stats) 10% of ports broken). > > On Wed, 11 Jun 2003, Roman Kennke wrote: > > Hi, > > > > > Volunteers for becoming the maintainer ? > > > > depends on how much work this is. I do not really have lots > > of time. > > I have not yet maintained a port, so I think I would have > > to learn a lot first.. > > > > Roman > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-java@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-java > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-java-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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