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> Artur Biesiadowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > Maybe kaffe could be used instead ? It is a lot more stable, faster,
> > has free java library that can be used to fill gaps (in other case
> > we need to fill gaps with JDK classlib).
>
> One of the great benefits of using Japhar is that we're making it more
> stable. Unlike using Sun's classes.zip, when we find a bug, we can
> easily track down the part of Japhar that's broken and implement a fix
> (or just bug toshok to fix it). The fact that Japhar is slower than
> Kaffe is a non-issue. Japhar does work.
>
> We plan to eventually support Kaffe, but I don't see a need to make
> that our primary testing/release platform. Transvirtual has been
> generally uncooperative regarding overlap of work between their class
> libraries and ours. Except for the AWT, we have much more
> functionality that their class libraries.
>
I can't speak for Transvirtual, but I can tell you what they told me
and what my impression is.
First of all, you will have to acknowledge the fact that Transvirtual
is a company that allows others to use their work under a restricted
copyright (GPL). They have been supportive to their (non-paying) users,
they also have gotten a substantial amount back. Contributions and
bug fixes from users generally make their way into the public tree
quickly, usually within a matter of days.
The have obligations to their customers, and one of them is to support
their class libraries (that they wrote and understand). From that point
of view, it makes sense for them to keep using them.
The other question is whether they devote resources to the classpath
integration. They do not, and the only reason they do not is because
they don't have the resources. If somebody implemented the VM layer
classpath requires for Kaffe, I'm sure this undertaking would
find their approval and the support of the Kaffe community. I would
not call the fact that they don't spend their own time and money doing
that "uncooperative". In fact, I believe that such undertaking would
benefit both classpath and kaffe.
- Godmar
