From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun May 1 22:03:41 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D567106566B for ; Sun, 1 May 2011 22:03:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E424A8FC08 for ; Sun, 1 May 2011 22:03:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm11 with SMTP id 11so4989887fxm.13 for ; Sun, 01 May 2011 15:03:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=SBTFkLiceNyr53Kvh6huRWd7tGenrIjMzg4j2UAZtVc=; b=qeuG2rSzwEIKgrS9GVJNvSvMZ0QBdCRINOVmqUdoNbRwUfktasecWhV9B+LDYcGjOl enhlqmbYnMFJL7rCU4fFgoJ23e0fQikjEuioBG7IlvEnkDwKDJoHU74dKG70dp44DUWM 1IR+d7gwqn90icobF7clC2xwalWdWVVWsBRyE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=RKEy1kCb2sO7bhiC0OrJB0GV39yet02Aia++LSaVf2S5SU5/H+C4EW6ZWrY9/tuupk +G2o3dbFlBppSryXtrOYrI9zzoU+diAdtS3c+Do73j8Lb/YKPcP5g+BHE96YZFtwQZlE EE3UswTVhDOjgbqwQ+1Vd4406pp95PXQGLHdU= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.106.78 with SMTP id w14mr6266533fao.35.1304287419938; Sun, 01 May 2011 15:03:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.223.20.145 with HTTP; Sun, 1 May 2011 15:03:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 17:03:39 -0500 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Dave Pooser Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Ongoing JRE support in FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 01 May 2011 22:03:41 -0000 On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Dave Pooser wrote: > That said, I see there are packages in the 8.2 RELEASE tree, so there's > clearly some kind of work going on. I guess my question is, can I expect > FreeBSD to be a solid platform for Java deployment going forward, or am I > better off taking the road more traveled and deploying on Linux? > Unless you're willing to use OpenJDK, Linux is better option. The native JDK runs fine under 8, but it's patchset is severely out of date. OpenJDK has improved a lot and is a good substitute for me, but you may wish to check into it's suitability for your use. -- Adam Vande More