Re: JDK-1.4.2 sparc (Debian flavor)

Wiktor Wandachowicz <[email protected]> writes:

> I think it is the high time for JDK-1.4.2 for sparc + Linux.

Yep.  The limiting factor is time.

> I work at the Technical University of Lodz, in Computer Science
> department, and I have to support a whole lab of Sun Blade 150
> machines. No Java means that this lab will become virtually
> useless. I run Debian GNU/Linux there and I'm considering Gentoo
> GNU/Linux as well.
>
> My recent trials with upgrading to newer glibc (Debian sarge)
> resulted in Java 1.4.1 refusing to work at all (SIGSEGV). So, newer
> Java 1.4.2 is badly needed for everyone running Java on sparc under
> Linux.
>
> Is there anything I could do to help? Compiling, testing, you name
> it. I have 2+ years of experience with Gentoo (x86 and amd64
> architecures), and 7+ years of experience with Java, C/C++ and other
> languages.  My Debian experience is similar (2+ years) although not
> so deep as with Gentoo.  Simply put Debian just works and there is
> not much work to support it. Typically there is only a general
> upgrade needed at the beginning of the semester.

Any help is greatly appreciated.  If you want to help, Karl will send
you the necessary paperwork.


        Juergen

-- 
Juergen Kreileder, Blackdown Java-Linux Team
http://blog.blackdown.de/


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