Re: JDK 1.3?

["Christian Edward Gruber" <christian.edward.gruber@gmx.net>]

Hey Mike.  Any progress, or should we let the Monkey (.org) handle it?

regards,
Christian.
----- Original Message -----
From: <mshaw@mediapotential.com>
To: "Christian Edward Gruber" <christian.edward.gruber@gmx.net>
Cc: <ports@openbsd.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 4:10 PM
Subject: Re: JDK 1.3?


> Sounds like a plan.  I'll see about getting one up by next week.  I'm a
> little slammed but it should be doable.  I can also provide some webspace.
>
> -Mike
>
> On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Christian Edward Gruber wrote:
>
> > Well individual initiative is the key, so if you've got a machine,
configure
> > a mailing list, say for openbsd-java@whereever.com and I'll whip up a
quick
> > homepage for it.  If only I had static IP, I'd have set up the list
myself
> > ages ago. :(
> >
> > regards,
> > Christian.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <mshaw@mediapotential.com>
> > To: "Christian Edward Gruber" <christian.edward.gruber@gmx.net>
> > Cc: <ports@openbsd.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 2:32 PM
> > Subject: Re: JDK 1.3?
> >
> >
> > > That's an excellent idea.  Whatever the current conventional wisdom is
on
> > > Java (pseudo open source, etc), it would definitely be a significant
> > > factor in choosing OpenBSD as a platform.  Just among people I know
> > > locally there seems to have been an big increase in Java development.
> > > Most of these folks opt for Solaris or Linux, but coud easily be
persuaded
> > > by the security/stability of OpenBSD if there was significant Java
> > > support.
> > >
> > > An OpenBSD Java subproject (even if nothing more than an email list)
would
> > > go a long way toward snagging more adopters.  While my development
skills
> > are
> > > pretty limited, I'd be happy to provide some bandwidth/server space
for
> > > such a sub-project.
> > >
> > > -Mike
> > >
> > > On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Christian Edward Gruber wrote:
> > >
> > > > Actually, I was involved, and have not either gotten a first
compile.  I
> > > > temporarily put it on haiatus to try out 1.3, though I may end up
back
> > > > trying 1.2.2.
> > > >
> > > > I'm out of time for the moment, but as I make progress I'll sync up.
> > > > Perhaps we should setup a list for java on OpenBSD so that we can
> > > > co-ordinate and partition tasks, rather than multiple people trying
to
> > do
> > > > their own thing.  We could then possibly get somewhere with this and
> > > > contribute back to the Java on *BSD effort.
> > > >
> > > > regards,
> > > > Christian.
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Ian Darwin" <ian@darwinsys.com>
> > > > To: <mshaw@mediapotential.com>
> > > > Cc: <ports@openbsd.org>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 11:54 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: JDK 1.3?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > > I posted on misc a few days ago, but have been unable to find
any up
> > to
> > > > > > date info in the archives.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Is anyone working on a port of JDK 1.3?
> > > > >
> > > > > Things are starting to happen, but slowly. There is a group
porting
> > > > > 1.2.2 to several BSD's from a single set of sources. I'm the first
> > > > > OpenBSD person to get involved with this group, and haven't yet
> > > > > tried the first compile (it's a pretty big source tree, as you
might
> > > > imagine).
> > > > >
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