From owner-freebsd-java Thu Feb 6 12:35:44 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-java@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2EF737B401 for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 12:35:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from gnuppy.monkey.org (wsip68-15-8-100.sd.sd.cox.net [68.15.8.100]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4783143F3F for ; Thu, 6 Feb 2003 12:35:42 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from billh@gnuppy.monkey.org) Received: from billh by gnuppy.monkey.org with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 18gsjr-0000fN-00; Thu, 06 Feb 2003 12:35:15 -0800 Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2003 12:35:15 -0800 To: Max Khon Cc: Rasputin , freebsd-java@freebsd.org, "Bill Huey (Hui)" Subject: Re: patchset 2 report (billh's resignation) Message-ID: <20030206203515.GB2285@gnuppy.monkey.org> References: <20030206021823.GB4193@gnuppy.monkey.org> <20030206040515.GA4682@gnuppy.monkey.org> <994960000.1044505320@aslan.btc.adaptec.com> <20030206044625.GA4877@gnuppy.monkey.org> <1037650000.1044509319@aslan.btc.adaptec.com> <20030206074100.GB5538@gnuppy.monkey.org> <3E4214A8.6080404@btc.adaptec.com> <20030206123450.GB10718@idoru.tenten> <20030206205716.A30498@iclub.nsu.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030206205716.A30498@iclub.nsu.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i From: Bill Huey (Hui) 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 On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 08:57:16PM +0600, Max Khon wrote: > hi, there! > ok, where's the beef? Can an average user build > hotspot 1.3.1 on FreeBSD 4.x? Has bill posted many times that he will > not support hotspot on FreeBSD 4.x to freebsd-java@? No, it not designed to. It'a developers release only. > As far as I understand hotspot for 1.3.1 is in the same state as > it was in summer 2002 and nothing has changed so far to > aid users to build it on 4.x without gathering bill's comments > scattered all over freebsd-java@ archives. > I know that next patchset will contain needed bits. Because I don't want to do the work any more. I want to pass it on to Alexey or somebody like him. I'm done with it. > Users do not want to run 5.0-CURRENT. That's the fact. > Yes, bill could be possibly is a good hacker but what all this > hacking is done for? I highly appreciate his work but nothing > has changed since he started it. It is still easier to Since he finished it and is sick of doing it. > set up Java-powered website on Linux or on w2k + apache than > loosing hours trying to understand how to build hotspot 1.3.1 > on FreeBSD. Just look on this issue from an average admin or > Java developer point of view. Developer's release only. It's for folks with time to waste filing some bug reports. Yes, I have been lagging, now I'm pissed that my work isn't appreciated. bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message