Where are the java/jdk16 files?
Lars Engels
lme at FreeBSD.org
Tue Dec 16 13:56:20 PST 2008
On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 08:02:45AM -0800, Greg Lewis wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 05:36:08PM +0100, Jens Schweikhardt wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 01:38:31AM +1100, Some Dude wrote:
> > # do a google search for the exact name of the first file, then click on
> > # the cached page that'll show the sources and links
> >
> > Thanks, dude ;-)
> >
> > That was exactly what I a minuta after sending to the list. But still,
> > it appears that someone messed up the download page with the wrong
> > contents. It's all java binary packages when the page is supposed to
> > contain src jars (as it is still the case for the google-cached page;
> > man, I love the google cache!). I ended up on the very same page from
> > other links saying "Source". My intention is to bring this to the port
> > maintainer's attention (Cc'd). Maybe they know a contact at Sun to fix
> > the page contents.
>
> Well, this is quite a pain for us. I imagine that Sun would actually like
> us to switch to OpenJDK6 instead and won't want to put the source code back
> up. Unfortunately thats not something we can do instantly.
>
> What is really needed is for someone to host the current source files.
> The tricky part is you need some sort of click through agreement with
> the JRL. I don't have enough bandwidth to host such a large download
> unfortunately.
Can't we do this on freebsdfoundation.org just like the diablo-jdk
files?
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