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>> I am new to this list - I am wondering if there are any |
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>> active/semi-active developers currently working on the Java 1.5 |
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>> packages, as I would like to help out. |
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> Welcome. There are several such developers lurking here, as well as |
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> non-official developers (like me). Much of the work lately has been on |
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> stabilizing the Java 5 and (eventually) Java 6 environments on Gentoo. |
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> In that vein, there is currently a package-freeze in place while that |
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> stabilization work is in progress. |
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> To get you started on recent history I suggest you check out the mail |
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> list archives for this list at gmane: |
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> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.java/cutoff=810 |
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Thanks for that URL. |
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I did manage to get Java 1.5 (sun jdk) + tomcat 5.5 running, via a |
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combination of gentoo-experimental and axoo overlays, plus a couple of |
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odd hacks (and an 'inject'). |
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If you guys need help with anything specific, let me know... |
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cheers, |
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Mathew |
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PS. The java-config concept of symlinking /etc/java-config/system-vm is |
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cool - I think a similar technique could also be used for Flash vm's. |
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