is 4.11 still a good idea?
Foo Ji-Haw
jhfoo at nexlabs.com
Sun May 8 23:50:32 PDT 2005
Your point conflicts with the previous reply, that 5.3 is too cutting-edge.
By the way, is there native support for Java 1.4 on FreeBSD 5.x? It
broke in my ports installation. I did manage to get the Linux compatible
version up though.
Kris Kennaway wrote:
>On Mon, May 09, 2005 at 12:02:58PM +0800, Foo Ji-Haw wrote:
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>
>>Hi guys,
>>
>>I'm thinking of installing 4.11 on my next server, seeing that we have
>>some Java issues on the 5.x series (I've been informed that native Java
>>on 5.x is not a good idea).
>>
>>
>
>Why not?
>
>
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>>Can I get some feedback on whether development and/ or support on 4.11
>>is still active and updated? I've spent quite some time on the 4.x
>>series, so I am quite comfortable with it.
>>
>>
>
>It's certainly not very active. Some developers still have an
>interest in it, but most of the development and bug fixing activity
>goes into the 5.x and 6.x branches.
>
>Kris
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>
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