Looks like the update build drops are back in place at Sun, so the source build under JRL licensing can go back in. I had been planning on putting in IcedTea-1.7 (for bootstrapping OpenJDK6) and other niceties, like a browser plug-in ;-), sometime after the next HotSpot build drop (the HotSpot used for the official u18). The old browser plug-in is quite stable now (actually usable for everything I use it for on a daily basis) and the new plug-in is coming along nicely as well (but will not be the default in the book...at least not yet).
Does anyone have a strong objection to having both in the book for a while? It'll be a bit before I can get to it. Also, initially, IcedTea will require gcj, however, I need to figure out what needs to be done to provide a binary IcedTea build for bootstrapping purposes (as it'll be a lot easier and kind of follow along the existing SunJDK instructions). I'm not exactly sure what steps I have to take to qualify a pre-built kit for release purposes. To claim that it's a JDK6 compatible release, per Sun, it is either 100% compatible or it's not compatible. No percentages can be released, and it has to be tested (with a previously closed test suite) to release it as such. -- DJ Lucas -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content, and is believed to be clean. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
