Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 08:43:45 +0100 From: Ernst de Haan <znerd@freebsd.org> To: Christopher Elkins <christopherelkins@yahoo.com> Cc: John Merryweather Cooper <john_m_cooper@yahoo.com>, freebsd-java@freebsd.org, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A Modest Proposal for Java(tm) dependency selection among ports Message-ID: <200112070743.fB77hji39704@zaphod.euronet.nl> In-Reply-To: <20011202210847.A1897@tlon.lan.scardini.com> References: <20011115130202.E33074@johncoop.MSHOME> <200111201111.fAKBBvS19082@zaphod.euronet.nl> <20011202210847.A1897@tlon.lan.scardini.com>
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Chris,
I've been ill. Continuing work now. Keep bugging me for improved performance!
;-)
I will take another look at the proposal I was working on.
Ernst
On Monday 03 December 2001 06:08, Christopher Elkins wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 20, 2001 at 12:11:57PM +0100, Ernst de Haan wrote:
> > 1] Create simple bsd.java.mk according to the final proposal.
> > 2] Modify all current ports to use the new system
> > 3] Get more applications in the tree
> > 4] Modify portlint to produce warnings in case of fixed references to
> > JDKs 5] Find a way to change a JDK at runtime (*after* install)
> >
> > Something like this. Phase 1 is at the moment the most important, that's
> > for sure :-)
>
> Has there been any movement on this? As a full-time Java developer who uses
> FreeBSD as my primary OS, I'm continually frustrated by the schizophrenic
> nature of many Java ports. (To wit, I've spent much of this evening
> tracking down issues in lang/jython and its use of java/javavmwrapper,
> which seems to have a bug w.r.t passing the -cp option - PRs forthcoming.)
>
> I'm no ports guru, but I am willing to help migrate existing ports to use
> the new system. Moreover, I have some free time coming up. :-)
>
> So, what's the status on implementing the new system?
--
Ernst de Haan
EuroNet Internet B.V.
"Come to me all who are weary and burdened
and I will give you rest" -- Jesus Christ
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