Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 22:08:07 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: "Alex.Boisvert" <boia01@gel.usherb.ca> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Subject: Re: What can we do about Java? Message-ID: <199712040508.WAA23295@mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.971203234957.28148A-100000@castor> References: <199712040242.TAA22650@mt.sri.com> <Pine.SOL.3.91.971203234957.28148A-100000@castor>
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> > > I have Sun's JDK 1.1.2 running on my system now. It's "fairly stable"
> > > with respect to Keith White's JDK 1.1 port.
> >
> > Meaning it's more or less stable than the K.White port, or the same?
>
> In general, I think it's more stable... (What kind of answer did you
> expect from the guy who did it? ;-)
Well, you never know. :)
> > > I will be getting a Motif 2.0 license in the next few days (it's in the
> > > mail). Then, I'll be able to test threads using HotJava Browser, which I
> > > can't run now because of bugs in Lesstif (presumably).
> >
> > Cool. I have SRI pay for a copy of Motif 1.2 so I could develop it.
> > I'm not sure 2.0 will work. :(
>
> Isn't Motif 2.0 backward compatible?
I've had problems with replacing a Motif 1.2 compiled binary with a
Motif 2.0 library, and I know that CDE won't work with Motif 2.0. :(
> > Agreed. JDK 1.1.5 is due out RSN, and JDK 1.1.6 is supposed to be out
> > late this year/early next year. (Not sure if I would take those dates
> > to the bank though.) I don't expect to see anything w/regard to JDK 1.2
> > until April/May next year.
>
> What would be good is to get together a ""Team Java-FreeBSD" and
> standardize on some _specific_ JDK release. This way, we can all work
> together. Many people have JDK 1.1.4 in their hands now, maybe that
> would be a good starting ("freeze") point? Perhaps we can wait for 1.1.5
> if it's released in early Q1'98.
I'd like to have your binary port today if possible. *grin*
But, in any case I'd be interested in a Team Java-FreeBSD list. I've
got a couple tens of thousands of lines of Java code I can throw against
it for testing purposes that uses about every esoteric feature in Java
except RMI. :)
Nate
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