From owner-freebsd-java Wed Mar 7 9:36: 6 2001 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 D5A4F37B719 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 09:36:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nate@yogotech.com) Received: from nomad.yogotech.com (nomad.yogotech.com [206.127.123.131]) by ns.yogotech.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA02075; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 10:35:57 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from nate@nomad.yogotech.com) Received: (from nate@localhost) by nomad.yogotech.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA19725; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 10:35:56 -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: <15014.29052.149045.46268@nomad.yogotech.com> Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 10:35:56 -0700 (MST) To: Ernst de Haan Cc: FreeBSD Java mailing list Subject: Re: JDK install: Unpack source ? In-Reply-To: <20010307113713.A2897@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> References: <20010307113713.A2897@c187104187.telekabel.chello.nl> X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1 (patch 12) "Channel Islands" XEmacs Lucid Reply-To: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams) Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > When installing a JDK, the Java sources are usually installed with the JDK as > a .zip or .jar file. Correct. > I would prefer unpacking the .jar file so I can browse > the source code at ${JAVA_HOME}/src, *and* so I can refer to the source > directory when generating Javadoc API docs (-sourcepath option). At the moment > I need to unpack the sources manually, which is fairly cumbersome for someone > that reinstalls JDK's every now and then. So don't re-install the JDK so often. :) > The only disadvantage I can think of is (a little) disk space. Quite a little disk space. > What are your thoughts about this? Should JDK installs unpack the sources by > default ? No way. I *never* look at the source code anymore, but then again, I've no need to look at the source code except in rare cases. I try very hard to program to the API, rather than to look at the implementation because it makes my programs more portable. Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message