From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 22 03:50:54 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 391D91065676 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:50:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reichcc@comcast.net) Received: from QMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net (qmta04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net [76.96.30.40]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 211F48FC08 for ; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:50:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from reichcc@comcast.net) Received: from OMTA09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.30.20]) by QMTA04.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id tsk31a00C0S2fkCA43at3w; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:34:53 +0000 Received: from [192.168.5.222] ([98.195.95.142]) by OMTA09.emeryville.ca.mail.comcast.net with comcast id u3ar1a00F34JXGq8V3asbG; Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:34:53 +0000 From: Patrick Reich To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20081216120028.B1C7C106568F@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20081216120028.B1C7C106568F@hub.freebsd.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2008 21:34:51 -0600 Message-Id: <1229916891.20624.6.camel@acheron.bluewinds.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.24.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Where are the java/jdk16 files? X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 03:50:54 -0000 On Tue, 2008-12-16 at 12:00 +0000, freebsd-ports-request@freebsd.org wrote: > On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 05:36:08PM +0100, Jens Schweikhardt wrote: > > On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 01:38:31AM +1100, Some Dude wrote: > > do a google search for the exact name of the first file, then click > on the cached page that'll show the sources and links > > > > Thanks, dude ;-) > > > > That was exactly what I a minuta after sending to the list. But > still, it appears that someone messed up the download page with the > wrong contents. It's all java binary packages when the page is > supposed to contain src jars (as it is still the case for the > google-cached page; man, I love the google cache!). I ended up on the > very same page from other links saying "Source". My intention is to > bring this to the port maintainer's attention (Cc'd). Maybe they know > a contact at Sun to fix the page contents. > > Well, this is quite a pain for us. I imagine that Sun would actually > like us to switch to OpenJDK6 instead and won't want to put the source > code back up. Unfortunately thats not something we can do instantly. > > What is really needed is for someone to host the current source files. > The tricky part is you need some sort of click through agreement with > the JRL. I don't have enough bandwidth to host such a large download > unfortunately. Just checking in to see if there is any updated news on the location of these files. The google page doesn't work for me and neither does the link at Sun so I'm still without jdk16. Thanks, Pat