Versions of Java revisited

[Ben Laurie]

"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.  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?

Having been involved in the whole horrible mess of getting 1.x (x > 1)
on to FreeBSD _at all_, all I can say is "don't ask"!

Cheers,

Ben.

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