Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:15:38 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: Ernst de Haan <znerd@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: nate@yogotech.com (Nate Williams), Jay Sachs <jay@eziba.com>, freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bsd.java.mk and native jdk1.3.1p6 Message-ID: <15482.28986.122736.283512@caddis.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <200202251712.g1PHCnu08937@zaphod.euronet.nl> References: <20020225172933.L50703-100000@puget.esil.univ-mrs.fr> <200202251704.g1PH4Pg08912@zaphod.euronet.nl> <15482.28484.144473.915897@caddis.yogotech.com> <200202251712.g1PHCnu08937@zaphod.euronet.nl>
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> > Unfortunately, it's not that easy (seriously). > > Okay, you're more into that than me, so I guess you're probably right. > > > > And even if we had a binary JDK: Making the life of the porters > > > easier is in my opinion even more important than making the life easier > > > of normal users ;-) > > > > Sure, but having a binary version will make the life of the porters > > *much* *much* *much* easier. And, don't forget that the porters are > > volunteers. > > > > If you make the life of the porters too hard or place unreasonable > > expectation of them, they may no longer provide any help to the normal > > users. > > This does not make sense to me. I was saying that I *would* like to make the > life of porters easier, as I stated above. Allowing them to compile things > faster, using Jikes, was something I considered an advantage for them. :-) Right, but the java-porters who maintain the JDK have to maintain the patches you provide to cause the JDK-build to use jikes in subsequent releases, which may make their life harder. See previous email. :) Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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