Gary Kline writes:
> > I was just wondering if there was any way where we -- as a
> > group -- could push to make the default jdk / jre the diablo
> > packaged versions because frankly I don't want a system to assume
> > that I want to compile the 1.5 jdk / jre from scratch by first
> > installing the linux v1.4.2 of the jdk, and having to go through
> > the long and arduous process of compiling java, for little or no
> > benefit (the only benefit would be for different architectures
> > that aren't available in diablo-jdk/-jre, like sparc, powerpc).
>
> I agree++, but whom do we ``push''? AFAIK, we [FreeBSD users]
> are pretty much a collection of volunteers albeit with some
> $$$ contribs. Do we have a (barf) "Decider"!?
Let me suggest there be no "pushing". Bad organizational
karma.
There are two groups of people involved, both of which would
welcome a calm, well-considered proposition on this matter
(especially if it came with extra hands to do the work):
a) the folks who /provide/ Java(tm) in its various forms.
These can be found on the java@ mailing list.
b) the maintainers+committers of the ports that /use/ Java.
There are rather more of these:
huff@>> grep jdk /usr/ports/INDEX-7 | wc
426 16402 311797
(For the record, I'm a member of neither.)
Were I in your shoes, I'd start by _asking_ the folks on java@
why what you propose in not already the case.
No, I take that back: I'd start bu searching the (mailing list)
archives to see if this idea has surfaced before.
Robert Huff
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