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August, 2003

-
    +

    August, 2003

    +
    • August 26, 2003
      The FreeBSD Foundation -announces native support for JDK 1.3.1 on FreeBSD. -
    +announces native support for JDK 1.3.1 on FreeBSD. +
-

March, 2003

-
    +

    March, 2003

    +
    • March 7, 2003:
      Greg Lewis has released the third patchset (patchset 3) in the &jdk; 1.4 series. See the -JDK 1.4.x page for more details. -
    +JDK 1.4.x page for more details. +
-

February, 2003

- -

November, 2002

-
    +

    November, 2002

    +
    • November 15, 2002:
      Greg Lewis has released a first patchset (patchlevel 1) for the JDK 1.4.0 software. See the -JDK 1.4.x page for more details. -
    +JDK 1.4.x page for more details. +
-

September, 2002

-
    +

    September, 2002

    +
    • September 18, 2002:
      Greg Lewis has released an updated patchset (patchlevel 11) for the JDK 1.2.2 software. See the -JDK 1.2.x page for more details. +JDK 1.2.x page for more details.
    • September 17, 2002:
      Right after Sun released J2SE 1.4.1 FCS, the Linux version was made available in the FreeBSD Ports system. See J2SE 1.4.1 page for more -details. -
    +details. +
-

July, 2002

-
    +

    July, 2002

    +
    • July 26, 2002:
      Greg Lewis has released an updated patchset (patchlevel 7) for the JDK 1.3.1 software. See the -JDK 1.3.x page for more details. -
    +JDK 1.3.x page for more details. +
-

February, 2002

-
    +

    February, 2002

    +
    • February 13, 2002:
      Greg Lewis has released an updated patchset (patchlevel 6) for the JDK 1.3.1 software. See the -JDK 1.3.x page for more details. -
    +JDK 1.3.x page for more details. +
-

December, 2001

-
    +

    December, 2001

    +
    • December 22, 2001:
      -

      This was posted to announce@freebsd.org:

      +

      This was posted to announce@freebsd.org:

      + +

      The FreeBSD Foundation has secured a license from Sun Microsystems to distribute a native FreeBSD version of both the Java Development Kit (JDK) and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). Thanks to the great efforts of the FreeBSD Java team, these should be available for inclusion with the -upcoming release of FreeBSD 4.5 in January, 2002. +upcoming release of FreeBSD 4.5 in January, 2002.

      +

      The general availability of a distributable version of Java will benefit end users, commercial users, and developers who use FreeBSD. @@ -92,73 +95,78 @@ Java continues to grow in popularity and has become heavily used in server side web applications, one of FreeBSD's core areas of strength. With an officially licensed binary Java distribution, FreeBSD becomes an ideal platform for execution, development, and deployment of Java -based solutions. +based solutions.

      +

      This agreement would not have been possible without the efforts of Nate Williams. Nate not only started the FreeBSD Java porting effort, but also brought Sun Microsystems -and the Foundation together to negotiate a license. +and the Foundation together to negotiate a license.

      +

      You can find full text of the announcement -here. -

    +here.

    +
-

October, 2001

-
    +

    October, 2001

    +
    • October 16, 2001:
      Greg Lewis has released an updated patchset (patchlevel 5) for the JDK 1.3.1 software. See the -JDK 1.3.x page for more details. -
    +JDK 1.3.x page for more details. +
-

September, 2001

-
    +

    September, 2001

    +
    • September 10, 2001:
      Greg Lewis has released an updated patchset (patchlevel 4) for the JDK 1.3.1 software. See the -JDK 1.3.x page for more details. +JDK 1.3.x page for more details.
      • +
    • September 6, 2001:
      Maxim Sobolev has created a port of the Sun's Forte[tm] for Java[tm], release 3.0 Community Edition integrated development environment (IDE). It can now be built from the ports directory ports/java/forte. -

      The port can be used either with native JDK 1.3.1, or with Linux JDK 1.3.1. -

    -

    August, 2001

    -
      +

      The port can be used either with native JDK 1.3.1, or with Linux JDK 1.3.1.

      +
    + +

    August, 2001

    +
    • August 27, 2001:
      Greg Lewis has released a long-awaited port of the JDK 1.3.1 software. It can now be built from the ports directory ports/java/jdk13. See JDK 1.3.x for more details. -

      It should be noted that this is very much a developer-only release and it -is not recommended for use in production environment. -

    -

    October, 2000

    -
      +

      It should be noted that this is very much a developer-only release and it +is not recommended for use in production environment.

      +
    + +

    October, 2000

    +
    • October 14, 2000:
      Maxim Sobolev has produced a port of the JDK 1.2.2 software. It can now be built from the ports directory ports/java/jdk12-beta. See JDK 1.2.x for more details. -

      All the issues noted below are still in place, however. -

      So anyone who has a Java2 port you've been waiting on submitting, now is your chance. -

    +

    All the issues noted below are still in place, however.

    +

    So anyone who has a Java2 port you've been waiting on submitting, now is your chance.

    +
-

September, 2000

-
    +

    September, 2000

    +
    • September 15, 2000: From the Java news desk:
      Sean O'Connell and Andrew Gallatin have created patches to enable FreeBSD to run IBM's JDK 1.3.
      Ernst de Haan has been able to get Sun's Linux JDK 1.3.0b9 running on 4.0-STABLE. -

      Full details on both can be found here. -

    -

    August, 2000

    -
      +

      Full details on both can be found here.

      +
    +

    August, 2000

    +
    • August 10, 2000: On August 7th, 2000, the FreeBSD JDK team was given access to Sun's JCK (Java Compatibility Kit), which will allow us to test and (hopefully!) @@ -167,19 +175,19 @@ Unfortunately, we are unable (for legal reasons) to distribute a JDK that hasn't been run against the JCK like we were able to with the JDK1.1.* releases. -

      Unfortunately, as told by Sun (we have no experience *yet*), running the +

      Unfortunately, as told by Sun (we have no experience *yet*), running the JCK against the port is a difficult and time-consuming process. -Hopefully it won't take us the 3 months that Sun expects it to take. :( +Hopefully it won't take us the 3 months that Sun expects it to take. :(

      -

      Finally, there are still some issues regarding Motif that need to be +

      Finally, there are still some issues regarding Motif that need to be resolved before a full public release can be made. Sun is working on that front, and we need to try contacting the OpenGroup to see if we can get a special exception for Motif binary distributions to use in the JDK -release. +release.

      • -
    -

    May, 2000

    -
      +
    +

    May, 2000

    + -

    March, 2000

    - +

    March, 2000

    + -

    January, 2000

    - +

    January, 2000

    +
    • January 30, 2000: Blackdown 1.2.2RC4 JDK -
      The Linux Blackdown Port Team has released RC4 of JDK 1.2. It has +
      The Linux Blackdown Port Team has released RC4 of JDK 1.2. It has been tested on FreeBSD 3.4-STABLE and later and runs all demo applets and jfc demos. Several people have mentioned some problems running it with Apache JServ. Until it can be added to the FreeBSD port tree, it can be found at -http://www.jmcm.org/tech/ports/linux_jdk.html. (Reported by Jose Marques) +http://www.jmcm.org/tech/ports/linux_jdk.html. (Reported by Jose Marques)
    -

    November, 1999

      -
    • November 28, 1999:Request for Enhancement -
      We have petitioned Sun to provide an official FreeBSD JDK2 port. We are currently in 2nd place in the vote count. If you are a member of the Java Developer's Connection (it's free), you can vote for it as well http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4288745.html +

      November, 1999

        +
      • November 28, 1999:Request for Enhancement +
        We have petitioned Sun to provide an official FreeBSD JDK2 port. We are currently in 2nd place in the vote count. If you are a member of the Java Developer's Connection (it's free), you can vote for it as well http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/bugParade/bugs/4288745.html
        • -
      • November 9, 1999:Another JDK1.1.8 release to fix a separate class of multicast bugs. - + number of changes in -CURRENT, the JDK may not work properly.
        • +
      • +
    -

    October, 1999

      +

      October, 1999

        -
      • October 11, 1999: Work has re-started on the Java2/JDK1.2 port. +
      • October 11, 1999: Work has re-started on the Java2/JDK1.2 port. Expect an early 'alpha' release in the coming weeks for FreeBSD -3.3-stable/ELF boxes.
      +3.3-stable/ELF boxes.
    -

    September, 1999

      -
    • September 22, 1999: Re-rolled the JDK1.1.8 yet again to fixup +

      September, 1999

        +
      • September 22, 1999: Re-rolled the JDK1.1.8 yet again to fixup some minor bugs that people have found, as well as to speedup the JDK. For details checkout the README.FreeBSD supplied in the releases. -
          -
        • jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-9-22.tar.gz. -For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format. -
        • jdk1.1.8_ELF.V99-9-22.tar.gz. -For FreeBSD versions 3.* and 4.* which use the ELF binary format. -
        -
      +
        +
      • jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-9-22.tar.gz. +For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.
        • +
      • jdk1.1.8_ELF.V99-9-22.tar.gz. +For FreeBSD versions 3.* and 4.* which use the ELF binary format.
        • +
      • +
    -

    July, 1999

      -
    • July 19, 1999: Re-rolled the JDK1.1.8 release to fix a couple of +

      July, 1999

        +
      • July 19, 1999: Re-rolled the JDK1.1.8 release to fix a couple of minor (but annoying bugs). First, the netpatch (see below) was incorporated into the build, and second an annoying Floating Point bug was found and fixed. The latter bug affected multi-threaded code that did floating point calculations and based on the code could produce completely bogus results. -
          -
        • jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-7-19.tar.gz. -For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format. -
        • jdk1.1.8_ELF.V99-7-19.tar.gz. -For FreeBSD versions 3.* and 4.* which use the ELF binary format. -
        +
          +
        • jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-7-19.tar.gz. +For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.
          • +
        • jdk1.1.8_ELF.V99-7-19.tar.gz. +For FreeBSD versions 3.* and 4.* which use the ELF binary format.
          • +
        • -
      • July 2, 1999: Organization of FreeBSD 'CommAPI' porting team which +
      • July 2, 1999: Organization of FreeBSD 'CommAPI' porting team which is an effort to make -JAVA's CommAPI +JAVA's CommAPI freely available to the FreeBSD community. Project is coordinated by - DRICOT Jean-Michel and + DRICOT Jean-Michel and will officially be maintained in -http://student.ulb.ac.be/~jdricot/commapi/. -Feel free to contact him if you want to join the project. -
      +http://student.ulb.ac.be/~jdricot/commapi/. +Feel free to contact him if you want to join the project.
      • +
    -

    June, 1999

      -
    • June 8, 1999: A small bug was found in the JDK1.1.8 release which +

      June, 1999

        +
      • June 8, 1999: A small bug was found in the JDK1.1.8 release which affected people using UDP sockets. If you tried to send a packet to the broadcast address, the FreeBSD JDK refused with a permissions error. This error was fixed, and rather than re-releasing the entire release a @@ -296,220 +301,220 @@ problem. If you experience this problem, feel free to download the gzipped tarfile and untar it wherever you installed the jdk. It will install itself over top of the old version. If you aren't experiencing the bug, there is no need to apply the patch, although it wouldn't hurt. - +
        • -
      • June 3, 1999: JDK1.1.8 for A.OUT and ELF releases. This release +
      • June 3, 1999: JDK1.1.8 for A.OUT and ELF releases. This release adds support for older 3.*/ELF releases (without requiring any runtime loader changes), as well as fixes bugs in LOCALE and timezone support for all FreeBSD releases. -
          -
        • jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-6-3.tar.gz. -For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format. -
        • jdk1.1.8_ELF.V99-6-3.tar.gz. -For FreeBSD versions 3.* and 4.* which use the ELF binary format. -
        +
          +
        • jdk1.1.8_AOUT.V99-6-3.tar.gz. +For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.
          • +
        • jdk1.1.8_ELF.V99-6-3.tar.gz. +For FreeBSD versions 3.* and 4.* which use the ELF binary format.
          • +
        • -
      • June 1, 1999: JDK2 status -
          -
        • +
        • June 1, 1999: JDK2 status +
            +
          • Work on JDK1.2/JDK2 has been going very slow as the development team has been focusing it's effort on solid JDK1 releases. For most JDK2 development issues, you can use the JDK1 release and the -Swing -releases provided by Sun for JDK1, which works very well under FreeBSD. -
          -
        +Swing +releases provided by Sun for JDK1, which works very well under FreeBSD.
        • +
      • +
    -

    April, 1999

      -
    • Apr. 16, 1999: New JDK1.1.7 A.OUT release. This fixes build +

      April, 1999

        +
      • Apr. 16, 1999: New JDK1.1.7 A.OUT release. This fixes build problems in the March release. A new ELF release will be made to support older 3.0 releases as well sometime in the near future. -
          -
        • jdk1.1.7_AOUT.V99-4-16.tar.gz. -For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format. -
        -
      +
        +
      • jdk1.1.7_AOUT.V99-4-16.tar.gz. +For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.
        • +
      • +
    -

    March, 1999

      -
    • Mar. 26, 1999: ELF support for JDK1.1.7, as well as a new A.OUT +

      March, 1999

        +
      • Mar. 26, 1999: ELF support for JDK1.1.7, as well as a new A.OUT release which includes minor bugfixes. -
          -
        • jdk1.1.7_AOUT.V99-3-24.tar.gz. -For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format. -
        • jdk1.1.7_ELF.V99-3-25.tar.gz. -For FreeBSD versions 3.x and 4 which use the ELF binary format. Note: +
            +
          • jdk1.1.7_AOUT.V99-3-24.tar.gz. +For FreeBSD versions 2.2.*, which use the A.OUT binary format.
            • +
          • jdk1.1.7_ELF.V99-3-25.tar.gz. +For FreeBSD versions 3.x and 4 which use the ELF binary format. Note: This requires changes made to the runtime loader to support dladdr() functionality made on 1999/3/24. You will need to be running 3.1-stable or 4.0-current dated later than 1999/3/24. If you don't have the new loader binary or are not tracking -stable or -current, you can download it -from here and install it as +from here and install it as /usr/libexec/ld-elf.so.1 (you need to be root to do this): -
            # install -c -s -o bin -g bin -m 555 -C -fschg ld-elf.so.1 /usr/libexec
            -
          +
          # install -c -s -o bin -g bin -m 555 -C -fschg ld-elf.so.1 /usr/libexec
          • +
        • -
      • Mar. 16, 1999: Updates on current development: -
          -
        • +
        • Mar. 16, 1999: Updates on current development: +
            +
          • ELF JDK1.1.7 : An ELF build of JDK1.1.7 (for use on FreeBSD 3.x and later) is currently entering it's initial internal testing phase. A beta -release should be available in a few weeks. -
          • +release should be available in a few weeks.
            • +
          • JDK2 (aka JDK1.2): Several individuals are working on porting JDK2 to FreeBSD, but the work is progressing slowly. This is primarily due to a lack of developer time to work on this project. (The release of Blackdown's JDK2 port will assist our development when they release -their source diffs.) -
          -
        -

        December, 1998

        • -Dec. 21, 1998: jdk1.1.7.V98-12-21.tar.gz. -
            -
          • +their source diffs.)
            • +
          • +
        +

        December, 1998

        • +Dec. 21, 1998: jdk1.1.7.V98-12-21.tar.gz. +
            +
          • Bugfix version of JDK1.1.7. Thanks go to Keith White who tracked down a couple annoying (and serious) bugs in the JDK, notably the modulo bug. This release also has the 256 file-descriptor limit bumped up to 2048. The JRE -should also be much more usable, again thanks to Keith. -
          -
        +should also be much more usable, again thanks to Keith.
        • +
      • +
    -

    November, 1998

    • -Nov. 14, 1998: jdk1.1.7.V98-11-5.tar.gz. -
        -
      • +

        November, 1998

        • +Nov. 14, 1998: jdk1.1.7.V98-11-5.tar.gz. +
            +
          • Updated to JDK1.1.7. Thanks go to -Patrick Gardella patrick@freebsd.org -who provided most of the testing for this release. -
          -
        +Patrick Gardella patrick@freebsd.org +who provided most of the testing for this release.
        • +
      • +
    -

    September, 1998

    • -Sept 23, 1998: jdk1.1.6.V98-9-23.tar.gz. -
        -
      • +

        September, 1998

        • +Sept 23, 1998: jdk1.1.6.V98-9-23.tar.gz. +
            +
          • The August 14 build had jre incorrectly linked in both the JDK and the JRE, so a new release was rebuilt with the correct linkage. Otherwise, there were -no changes from the older release. -
          -
        +no changes from the older release.
        • +
      • +
    -

    August, 1998

    • -Aug 22, 1998: -
        -
      • +

        August, 1998

        • +Aug 22, 1998: +
            +
          • Updated page to list numerous sites who have agreed to mirror the JDK -and provide ftp access. Thanks to all! -
          +and provide ftp access. Thanks to all!
          • +
        • -
      • Aug 14, 1998: jdk1.1.6.V98-8-14.tar.gz. -
          -
        • +
        • Aug 14, 1998: jdk1.1.6.V98-8-14.tar.gz. +
            +
          • The SO_REUSEADDR option is now correctly set on ServerSockets (may affect -other sockets as well.) -
          -
        +other sockets as well.)
        • +
      • +
    -

    July, 1998

    • -July 21, 1998: jdk1.1.6.V98-7-21.tar.gz. -
        -
      • +

        July, 1998

        • +July 21, 1998: jdk1.1.6.V98-7-21.tar.gz. +
            +
          • Updated port to JDK1.1.6. Thanks go to -Keith White kwhite@site.uottawa.ca -who did most of the work to make this release happen! -
          • -More standard 'naming' for java.version and such. -
          • -Fixes for UDP/Multicast sockets. -
          • -The signal abort error may be fixed (knock on wood). -
          • -Add support for the "KOI8-R" and "CP866" encodings. -
          • +Keith White kwhite@site.uottawa.ca +who did most of the work to make this release happen!
            • +
          • +More standard 'naming' for java.version and such.
            • +
          • +Fixes for UDP/Multicast sockets.
            • +
          • +The signal abort error may be fixed (knock on wood).
            • +
          • +Add support for the "KOI8-R" and "CP866" encodings.
            • +
          • Timezone's now work correctly under FreeBSD (this required some native code, but it is embedded in the JDK so shouldn't affect users. However, FreeBSD has one of the few (only?) VM's that correctly support Timezones -now). -
          • -sysRmdir() now correctly removes directories. -
          • -Link in the xpg4 library to support CJK locales. -
          -
        +now).
        • +
      • +sysRmdir() now correctly removes directories.
        • +
      • +Link in the xpg4 library to support CJK locales.
        • +
      • +
    -

    May, 1998

    • -May 5, 1998: -
        -
      • +

        May, 1998

        • +May 5, 1998: +
            +
          • Updated page to include instruction on how to get Sun's JWS (Java Work -Shop) working under FreeBSD. -
          -
        +Shop) working under FreeBSD.
        • +
      • +
    -

    February, 1998

    • -February 25, 1998: jdk1.1.5.V98-2-25.tar.gz. -
        -
      • -JDK's built on 2.2.2 should now work again. -
      • -The AWT now correctly sets the Window name. -
      • +

        February, 1998

        • +February 25, 1998: jdk1.1.5.V98-2-25.tar.gz. +
            +
          • +JDK's built on 2.2.2 should now work again.
            • +
          • +The AWT now correctly sets the Window name.
            • +
          • Fixed obscure bug that could cause a core dump if you hit a button in a -dialog box multiple times. -
          • -Fixed bug where SHMEM wasn't released when using images, causing a leak. -
          +dialog box multiple times.
          • +
        • +Fixed bug where SHMEM wasn't released when using images, causing a leak.
          • +
        -February 12, 1998: -
          -
        • +February 12, 1998: +
            +
          • Johan Larsson graciously provided an ftp mirror site for the JDK, so if you have an aversion to using HTTP, then feel free to -grab it from his site. -
          • +grab it from his site.
            • +
          • Replaced the 'Steaming Cup of Java' logo with the 'Jump to Java' logo, -which is more politically (and legally) acceptable to SUN's lawyers. -
          +which is more politically (and legally) acceptable to SUN's lawyers.
          • +
        -February 9, 1998: jdk1.1.5.V98-2-8.tar.gz. -
          -
        • -Fixed bugs in Process.waitFor() -
        • +February 9, 1998: jdk1.1.5.V98-2-8.tar.gz. +
            +
          • +Fixed bugs in Process.waitFor()
            • +
          • Modified the way the Motif library was linked in. This will allow anyone with a Motif library (static or dynamic) to build their own JDK once the patchkit is released. If their Motif license allows for it, they can also -make binary releases available. -
          • +make binary releases available.
            • +
          • Non blocking reads on PIPE did not work reliably on all versions of the -OS. -
          • -Multicast now works. -
          -
        +OS.
        • +
      • +Multicast now works.
        • +
      • +
    -

    January, 1998

    • -January, 1998: -
        -
      • +

        January, 1998

        • +January, 1998: +
            +
          • Organization of FreeBSD 'JDK' porting team, which now jointly creates new -JDK releases for FreeBSD. -
          • +JDK releases for FreeBSD.
            • +
          • New JDK1.1.5 binary, which has Motif statically compiled in. (Unfortunately, -this release was lost in a disk crash on the ftp server.) -
          -
        +this release was lost in a disk crash on the ftp server.)
        • +
      • +
&footer; - - + +