Re: which JDK to use?

[Mark Mayo <mark@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Dec 07, 1997 at 07:17:41PM +0000, Niall Smart wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm just wondering which JDK people are using?  As far as I am aware I
> have four choices:
> 
>  - use the 1.0.2 port (this isn't really an option for me)

This works really well. I've used the one from Jeffery Hsu and
Keith White, both are good. I think the kwhite version is a little
better (it doesn't have the dialog-window popup problem that the
other port had).

>  - use the 1.1.3 port from
>   
>    http://www.csi.uottawa.ca/~kwhite/jdkbinaries/jdk1.1-FreeBSD.html

As far as I know, this isn't 1.1.3 but the original 1.1 (1.1.1 I'm
assuming..). I haven't gotten this to work right, and I couldn't
get a hold of Keith to determine what the problem was (it was
Motif related..). Other people are apparently using this port 
successfuly though, so it's probably just bad luck on my part!

I'm not sure if Keith is still around, or what, but he certainly
isn't answering any of my emails to find out what's going on with
the 1.1.3 port of the JDK and JRE that he announced..

>    
>  - use the Linux port in emulation mode

This seems to work fairly well, at least under -CURRENT. When i
tried it under 2.2.2 a while back, it complained about some missing
ioctls, but I think they've since been added to the Linux core.

>  - use Kaffe

Last time I tried Kaffe it ran like the blazes, but you couldn't
use the AWT with it. There was an alternative available, but I
never did bother to figure out if it was Sun AWT compatible, or if
it was another Windowing kit entirely.. 

> Does anyone have any comments as to which of these is the best choice?
> Also, is an `official' 1.1.x port due?  Thanks..

Well, I don't think there will ever be an `official' JDK for FreeBSD,
at least not from Sun's point of view.. There will however, be a
somewhat official port in the FreeBSD port/package system (from the
FreeBSD point of view). This list was just created, so I'm
assuming there is now renewed interest in getting the ball rolling
again and making some progress.

For now, I would personally recomend using the Linux port of 1.1.3..
I'm sure more details will unfold in the weeks to come.

-Mark

> 
> 
> Niall

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