gee fellas, i've been waiting since october 01 1998, for someone to tell me me how
this is to be set up. It doesn't take 30 days to figure out where to place the port,
now does it. But from both of ur responses, i get the impression u both wanted to
make some sort of deal, otherwise u could have shown us all how you didn't drop the
ball. The offer of space did not include my joining , nor release of diffs. So what
went wrong. I think maybe at the time you were just placating the "loose cannon",
and the public outcry when i released the alpha jdk116, and subsequently, through
time, reneging on your offer for space.
I'm sorry that u feel that way. but i'm not going to beg for a copy of the 1.2
source. My integrity just wont allow u to "harball" me into any other stance. I
will do the alpha 1.2 port when, or if the source publicly becomes available. If
it's not to be made public, then i guess the last alpha port that i will do will be
1.1.7. AND those of u with alpha JDK's, ask SUN if they are going to make the lic.
avail to the public, otherwise u might have a long wait for the next release, if it
comes at all.
BTW before it was just a technical question of why i wouldn't join. Now it appears
to be 2 additional, albeit personel, reasons not to join. u just dont seem to be my
type of folk. Good luck with the alpha 1.2 port.
COPY OF OFFERING FROM sbb:
Subject: Re: redhat RPM & bin license.
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 11:45:59 -0400
From: Uncle George <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization: None Avail
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
References: 1 , 2
what would the "deal" be for this utilization of the blackdown website. do i leave
it on the ftp/incomming and u ( blackdown ) will move it to appropriate directory.
I dont want passwd's ( well maybe i do ) what do u sugg?
gat
Steve Byrne wrote: Why don't you make your distribution available so that Blackdown
can cause it
> to be mirrored around the world like the other Linux JDK's? This means that
> your site only pays for the one upload to Blackdown, it gets wide distribution,
> and you don't have to keep the files on your ISP (the restrictive ISP from
> Hell, if I remember right). No legal issues. If you want to package
> things as an RPM and upload that too, that would be fine.
>
> Steve
Michael Sinz wrote:
> On Sat, 31 Oct 1998 11:05:03 -0500, Uncle George [fwd by sbb] wrote:
>
> >[sbb: Here's what Uncle George wrote:]
> >
> >actually a 21164a ( the "a" really counts - who wuddya thunkit )
> >i'm gonny try to see if i can build for all processors with 117, and see
> >if it all will fit under 10 meg. these processors are ( 21064, 21164,
> >and 21164a ).
> >
> >at the moment i am having probs with finding a home. The folks at
> >blackdown seemed to have reneged on their offer :-( .
> >
> >[Is it just me, or does this guy seem to be a real hard case. We've tried and
> >tried to bring him into the fold, and at this point I'm ready to say "let's not
> >try anymore. He's likely to do more damage if he joins than where he is now."
> >I know it's uncharitable of me, but statements like this (at least I don't
> >THINK we reneged on the offer, I THINK he let it fall on the floor) really piss
> >me off. Also, his lack of willingness to develop a unified port with us, and
> >other "loose cannon" behavior make me real hesitant at this point to extend any
> >more olive branches (and certainly not in the 1.2 space).
> >
> >What do others feel about this? -- sbb]
>
> I have asked him a number of times to join. I only got once responce
> back about how he could not join due to some issues with being a closed
> group. Given that we give out our diffs and let anyone in who has the
> legal access to the source, I find this difficult to understand.
>
> I don't know what to do. I still hope to find some time to finish
> the Alpha work but CVS is much more important and will make the work
> that much easier to manage. (Lots of little changes in prototypes
> and return types)
