From owner-freebsd-java Wed Mar 20 12:56:34 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from ns.yogotech.com (ns.yogotech.com [206.127.123.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E02DD37B400 for ; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 12:56:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from caddis.yogotech.com (caddis.yogotech.com [206.127.123.130]) by ns.yogotech.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA02433; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:56:14 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@yogotech.com) Received: (from nate@localhost) by caddis.yogotech.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g2KKuDU00851; Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:56:13 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate) From: Nate Williams MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <15512.63340.942600.857046@caddis.yogotech.com> Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 13:56:12 -0700 To: Christopher Rued Cc: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams), "Justen Stepka" , Subject: Re: native jdk + fbsd dist In-Reply-To: <15512.62923.799498.161655@ool-18bacefa.dyn.optonline.net> References: <014701c1d04f$2a45b610$890310ac@jstepkaxp> <15512.62476.575298.499524@caddis.yogotech.com> <15512.62923.799498.161655@ool-18bacefa.dyn.optonline.net> X-Mailer: VM 6.96 under 21.1 (patch 14) "Cuyahoga Valley" XEmacs Lucid Reply-To: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams) 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 > > > What is the state of getting a binary only version of the JDK for FBSD? > > > > In testing right now. > > > > > What can I do to help? > > > > Not a whole lot. Testing is a one-person job. > > > > > What are realistic goals to make this happen? > > > > Getting the tests complete, and if there are problems, to have these > > problems fixed. The latter requires the test results, which haven't > > been completed. > > > > Sorry, that's the best I can do as far as information goes...... > > Can you tell us anything about the state of these test (e.g., "there > are 678 tests and we pass 234 of them"), or maybe an ETA on a binary > version? Unfortunately, no. I'm not the one doing the tests. If that person wants to say something, then I'll let them. I can say that things are looking pretty good, but to put a deadline on something that has taken *way too long* (no fault of anyone) due to all of the issues (licensing, access, licensing, free time, etc...), waiting a bit longer surely won't make that much difference. However, having been involved with this probject, I can say that *IF* something is said, then expectations get much higher, and if they are not met people get upset. So, if the posting are made using vague generalities, the userbase can't be disappointed, since there are no expectations. Everything that gets done is a huge suprise that makes everyone happy, both developers and users. :) :) :) :) Nate ps. In case it wasn't obvious, the above was a tiny bit of seriousness wrapped up with a lot of sarcasm with the intent of being humerous. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message