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Date:      Thu, 6 Feb 2003 12:35:15 -0800
From:      Bill Huey (Hui) <billh@gnuppy.monkey.org>
To:        Max Khon <fjoe@iclub.nsu.ru>
Cc:        Rasputin <rasputin@idoru.mine.nu>, freebsd-java@freebsd.org, "Bill Huey (Hui)" <billh@gnuppy.monkey.org>
Subject:   Re: patchset 2 report (billh's resignation)
Message-ID:  <20030206203515.GB2285@gnuppy.monkey.org>
In-Reply-To: <20030206205716.A30498@iclub.nsu.ru>
References:  <20030206021823.GB4193@gnuppy.monkey.org> <XFMail.20030205185810.jdp@polstra.com> <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>

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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


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