Versions of Java revisited

[Jeroen C. van Gelderen]

Hi Mark,

"Mark S. Miller" wrote:
> Since May, there has been an alpha port of Sun's JDK 1.2 to FreeBSD
> http://www.freebsd.org/java/dists/12.html .  We also seem blocked on moving
> to Cryptix JCE because of a bug in the Java 1.1 compatibility code.  

What is the problem? I'm happily running WebFunds on JDK 1.1, 1.2 
and 1.3 with the Cryptix JCE using symmetric and asymmetric ciphers
as well as X.509 support. Work remains to be done but I am not 
aware of any 1.1-specific problems?

> Until
> we move to Cryptix JCE, we can't support JDK 1.3.  Given a choice between
> supporting Java 1.1 vs Java 1.3, I'd prefer to support 1.3.  In light of
> the FreeBSD Java announcement (an old announcement, but I only now took a
> good look), I'm wondering how strong the reaction still is on the list to
> dropping 1.1.  Speak now or forever forsake 1.1.
> 
> If we forsake 1.1, I propose to make sure everything works with 1.2 and 1.3
> until there's a 1.3 on FreeBSD, but I'll strongly recommend using 1.3 if at
> all possible.  As soon as we can drop 1.2 as well, I'd like to.
> 
> Why the hell are the FreeBSD people bothering with 1.2 rather than jumping
> to 1.3?

Read the freebsd-java mailing list archives for a good 
description. It's more sensible to port 1.2 first and
have others hash out the 1.3 problems. 

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