FYI I've finally gotten around to submitting a bug r.e. this port / emailing maintainers / tech-pkg@, etc.
So.. hopefully the next mail will advise that it has been committed, and everyone can then begin to stare at NoClassDefFound stack traces as they try and configure all of their fave java goodness (hmm) to run on their fave OS. That being said, early adapters are still welcome to review previous users@ posts on how to get this running at present before it has been committed. and thanks again to FTigeot for blazing the trail on this Cheers, - Chris