On Jul 20, 2006, at 10:12 AM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
Some preliminary discussion at the last hackathon produced the opinion that even Java ports should be built from source by all means. However, that discussion didn't include any of our porters who are interested in Java... The source requirement may render various ports impossible or impracticably difficult.
When I use Java software, I like very much to build it myself, from NetBeans to JEdit. On one hand, that's an extremely nerdly position to take. On the other hand, the OJ community is by definition extremely nerdly! But all in all, it seems to me that on OpenBSD there is an expectation that pretty much anything that one would wish to install should come with source if only for non-repudiation purposes. I.e., if there is an exploit hidden in the software, you want the exploit to have arrived on your machine from source you can examine to determine the culprit. --- Jack J. Woehr Director of Development Absolute Performance, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 303-443-7000 ext. 527
