bsd.java.mk

[Jesse McConnell <jesse@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Great idea!  I think this will really help increase peoples awareness
for java support on freebsd.  I would love to get more people aware of
how good java is on fbsd.  I have run the linux JDK's a lot and they
just seem prone to failures when you change kernel versions, or
especially have any differences in the glibc stuff.  Never really had a
problem with java on fbsd. :)

I wanted to comment on that bsd.java.mk file.  I really like the
idea of adding it as I am working jboss ports at the moment.  I should 
make that a lot easier.  One note that I think we might want to consider 
is where javadoc information could go.

Perhaps if those are chosen to be installed then we could install them
into ${PREFIX}share/doc/java .  All javadoc apis could be installed into
subdirs based on port name and then tweak a html file in that java
directory adding the link to that subdir's api info.  Then flash a
message at the end of the port install mentioning that the docs are
browsable via a local browser or by linking to that directory from
perhaps /usr/local/www/data.  That would all people to link in a page or
directory which would provide access to all javadoc info.

Another thing I have read talked about is where the jars could go on
simple things like helper classes.  I like the idea of helper classes
getting installed in something like /usr/local/java/libs or jars.  Then
we could provide a script like the glib12-config and gtk12-config only
for the classpath.

It would be handy to be able to set your classpath with all those
special helper classes just by typing:

export CLASSPATH=`java-config` 

Anyway, I am about 74 messæges behind on the mailing list so sorry if
some of this has been talked about already.

my thoughts,  

Jesse

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Jesse McConnell                         <jesse@xxxxxxxxxx>
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