To: lwn@lwn.net
Subject: JDK 1.1.8 for Linux
From: Juergen Kreileder <kreilede@issan.cs.uni-dortmund.de>
Date: 16 May 1999 18:00:21 +0200


Regarding your Java post on 05/01:

> Sun has put out the reference release for JDK 1.1.8, prompting at
> least one person to ask if anyone is working on a Linux version. No
> one has stepped up to claim that they are. The JDK 1.2 is apparently
> expensive enough to run that a stable, slimmer JDK 1.1.8 would have
> a place in many people's hearts for a while to come.


We will release the JDK 1.1.8 for linux in 1-2 weeks. We already have
a working version but I want to do some more QA before releasing it.


        Juergen

PS: Our JDK 1.2 status page has moved to 
http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/jdk1.2-status/

-- 
Juergen Kreileder
Blackdown Java-Linux Porting Project
http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux.html