jdk 1.5 initial impression

[Will Saxon]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-java at freebsd.org
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-java at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Christian Laursen
> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 5:27 AM
> To: freebsd-java at freebsd.org
> Subject: jdk 1.5 initial impression
> 
> 
> I just installed the new java/jdk15 port. It compiled with no problems
> at all using the native jdk 1.4.2 to bootstrap. However when installed
> the plist is empty.
> 
> I tried a few of my own programs.
> 
> The swing gui looks a lot better on 1.5 than earlier, but in one of
> my programs it was significantly slower. Is there any way I 
> can profile
> it to find the reason or is this a known deficiency?
> 
> Thank you very much for your great work with this.

Seconded. I have already tested a 1.5-only app that uses log4j, 
mysql-connector, jakarta-commons-logging and the new concurrency stuff 
on i386 without issue. I compiled most of the above also. I am working
with amd64 now and anticipate similar results.

Much thanks!

-Will