Experimental patchsets

[Alexey Zelkin]

hi,

Can't say anything for jdk13, but it's bad idea for jdk14.  At least now.

Those who'll be able to build jdk14 from patchset and wanna try it
should expect problems and be ready for them.

On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 08:35:15AM +0200, Ernst de Haan wrote:
> Greg,
> 
> What about creating -devel ports, like java/jdk13-devel ?
> 
> Ernst
> 
> 
> On Wednesday 04 June 2003 19:22, Greg Lewis wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've started placing more frequent "experimental" patchsets up for
> > download. The aim is to let people get at features and test them earlier
> > without the load of doing a full patchset release.  It should also make
> > it easier for people to contribute without CVS access.  However, as these
> > patchsets haven't been through a release cycle they aren't guaranteed to
> > work, the documentation is a little rough, etc.  They also aren't going
> > to be supported in the ports system and you're expected to be able to
> > build things yourself.  Bug reports are, of course, welcome.
> >
> > At the moment these patchsets are being built for 1.3.1 and 1.4.1 (1.2.2
> > to follow soon).  I expect to put these up weekly.
> >
> > For your edification, these patchsets should contain the following major
> > features in comparison to the current release:
> >
> > 1.3.1:
> > 	. OpenBSD support.
> > 	. HotSpot builds (on FreeBSD) with the 4.x system compiler.
> >
> > 1.4.1:
> > 	. Browser plugin support.
> > 	. NetBSD support.
> >
> > Please see the ChangeLog files for the details of who contributed these
> > features.
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