New to Java on FreeBSD.

Thu Jun 2 09:41:36 UTC 2011

Hi,

I use FreeBSD 8-STABLE with openjdk6 for java development and I
haven't experienced issues to perform my work: maven runs smoothly
(personally I use tomcat and jetty plugins instead of the available
ports), I also tried grails without problems, even eclipse works ok
(fortunately I don't need to install eclipse plugins as root as I did
a year ago).

I also have a debian workstation, almost a replica of my freebsd
system (openjdk, maven, grails) and both of them behave the same way.

For pure server side development I think is as good platform as any
other linux, for desktop applications I cannot provide more details, I
can run netbeans 7 but I can't use intellij.

Best.

José Miguel Martínez Carrasco
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>   1. What is status of 'java/jdk16'? It is stuck on 1.6.0u3_05
>      which is  dramatically old (Lev Serebryakov)
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>   3. Re: New to Java on FreeBSD. (Jonathan Chen)
>   4. Re: What is status of 'java/jdk16'? It is stuck on 1.6.0u3_05
>      which is dramatically old (Greg Lewis)
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>   6. Re: What is status of 'java/jdk16'? It is stuck on 1.6.0u3_05
>      which     is dramatically old (rainer at ultra-secure.de)
>   7. Re: What is status of 'java/jdk16'? It is stuck on 1.6.0u3_05
>      which     is dramatically old (Lev Serebryakov)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 18:11:51 +0400
> From: Lev Serebryakov <lev at FreeBSD.org>
> Subject: What is status of 'java/jdk16'? It is stuck on 1.6.0u3_05
>        which is        dramatically old
> To: "freebsd-java at FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-java at FreeBSD.org>
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> Hello, Freebsd-java.
>
>  $subj. What is recommended Java for FreeBSD? OpenJDK is not a
> solution for some applications, and changes between 1.6.0u3_05 and
> actual 1.6.0u20_02 contains a huge number of bugfixes, performance
> improvements, etc.
>
> --
> // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev at FreeBSD.org>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 11:21:50 -0700
> From: Doug Barton <dougb at FreeBSD.org>
> Subject: java/jdk14
> To: freebsd-java at FreeBSD.org, Greg Lewis <glewis at FreeBSD.org>
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> Howdy,
>
> Just noticed that java/jdk14 is past due for deletion, however the
> instructions at http://www.freebsd.org/java/install.html still list it
> as the version to use, which leads to me being more confused than usual. :)
>
>
> Doug
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> Message: 3
> Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 07:04:45 +1200
> From: Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz>
> Subject: Re: New to Java on FreeBSD.
> To: fbsd at dannysplace.net
> Cc: freebsd-java at freebsd.org
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> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Dan Carroll <fbsd at dannysplace.net> wrote:
> [...]
>> It looks like the recommended way to go is to use openJDK on freebsd.
>> Is it an efficient JRE?  Is it stable?  Are there binary packages available
>> or are there licensing problems that prevent it?
>> What about EJB and Servelet containers?  Is it possible to get something
>> going under FreeBSD.
>
> OpenJDK is the only JVM that's getting any real love under FreeBSD at
> the moment. It's pretty stable, no slower than jdk16, and pretty much
> works as exepcted for web-app development. There are packages
> available off the package-sites, and the licence is GPLv2.
>
> However, Swing support is "close-but-not-quite". You can trigger race
> conditions with some apps (eg: Netbeans, and apps with Netbeans base,
> like iReports); but in most cases it works. If you're willing to live
> with that you're good to go with OpenJDK.
>
> Hope that helps.
> --
> Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 21:52:31 -0700
> From: Greg Lewis <glewis at eyesbeyond.com>
> Subject: Re: What is status of 'java/jdk16'? It is stuck on 1.6.0u3_05
>        which is dramatically old
> To: Lev Serebryakov <lev at freebsd.org>
> Cc: "freebsd-java at FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-java at freebsd.org>
> Message-ID: <20110601045230.GA22803 at misty.eyesbeyond.com>
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> On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 06:11:51PM +0400, Lev Serebryakov wrote:
>> Hello, Freebsd-java.
>>
>>   $subj. What is recommended Java for FreeBSD? OpenJDK is not a
>> solution for some applications, and changes between 1.6.0u3_05 and
>> actual 1.6.0u20_02 contains a huge number of bugfixes, performance
>> improvements, etc.
>
> It's a big change to jump to the current update.  I started it at one point
> but haven't had time to get very far with it.
>
> What do you find that OpenJDK doesn't work for?  Are there PRs for those
> issues?
>
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:24:23 +1000
> From: Danny Carroll <fbsd at dannysplace.net>
> Subject: Re: New to Java on FreeBSD.
> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz>
> Cc: freebsd-java at freebsd.org
> Message-ID: <20110601152423.14381t5kiw8f8rok at www.dannysplace.net>
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> Quoting Jonathan Chen <jonc at chen.org.nz>:
>> OpenJDK is the only JVM that's getting any real love under FreeBSD at
>> the moment. It's pretty stable, no slower than jdk16, and pretty much
>> works as exepcted for web-app development. There are packages
>> available off the package-sites, and the licence is GPLv2.
>>
>> However, Swing support is "close-but-not-quite". You can trigger race
>> conditions with some apps (eg: Netbeans, and apps with Netbeans base,
>> like iReports); but in most cases it works. If you're willing to live
>> with that you're good to go with OpenJDK.
>
> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I see that JBoss is in the ports collection (with multiple versions)
>
> Is it also possible to install JBoss and use this JVM?
> If so, can it be done without the hassle of installing the other JDK first?
>
> What are peoples experience with JBoss under FreeBSD?
>
> -D
>
>
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> Message: 6
> Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 09:23:23 +0200
> From: rainer at ultra-secure.de
> Subject: Re: What is status of 'java/jdk16'? It is stuck on 1.6.0u3_05
>        which   is dramatically old
> To: "freebsd-java at FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-java at freebsd.org>
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>> What do you find that OpenJDK doesn't work for?  Are there PRs for those
>> issues?
>
> I haven't tried it on FreeBSD, but stuff like HP iLO remote console
> doesn't even work correctly on Linux with open-jdk...
>
>
>
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> Message: 7
> Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 15:11:44 +0400
> From: Lev Serebryakov <lev at freebsd.org>
> Subject: Re: What is status of 'java/jdk16'? It is stuck on 1.6.0u3_05
>        which   is dramatically old
> To: Greg Lewis <glewis at eyesbeyond.com>
> Cc: "freebsd-java at FreeBSD.org" <freebsd-java at freebsd.org>
> Message-ID: <413850379.20110601151144 at serebryakov.spb.ru>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1251
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> Hello, Greg.
> You wrote 1 июня 2011 г., 8:52:31:
>
>>>   $subj. What is recommended Java for FreeBSD? OpenJDK is not a
>>> solution for some applications, and changes between 1.6.0u3_05 and
>>> actual 1.6.0u20_02 contains a huge number of bugfixes, performance
>>> improvements, etc.
>> It's a big change to jump to the current update.  I started it at one point
>> but haven't had time to get very far with it.
>  I've worked in HotSpot team for 4 years (when Sun was Sun, not
> Oracle), and I think, it needs huge effort, as platforms were renamed
> between these versions.
>
>  Also, it is especially hard, because "bsd-jdk16-patches-4.tar.bz2"
> creates all "*/bsd/*" files directly, not as "copy from linux or
> solaris and add changes", so it is very hard to track what need be
> changed after such copy, and what is "source" in old version. This
> task could be much simpler, if patch is REAL patch, not file creation,
> as it is clear, that all these "*/bsd/*" files has some (linux or
> solaris) origin, and it is much simpler to port patches to new
> linux/solaris versions.
>
>> What do you find that OpenJDK doesn't work for?  Are there PRs for those
>> issues?
>  My ``clients'' complains about it on hosting. I don't know exact
>  details, as I'm not java-programmer. Next time I'll ask for details.
>
> --
> // Black Lion AKA Lev Serebryakov <lev at serebryakov.spb.ru>
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