Ooh, if you need anyone to help test! I will! I've been wanting somebody to do this since I started cygwin and Java development!
> From: Nicholas Wourms > > Well, I can't make any promises, but I've been kicking around the > notion of porting the Sun Community Sources version of java to > Cygwin/XFree. Currently, my first hurdle is to get OpenMOTIF fully > ported, as the jdk won't compile with lesstif. There are some > licensing issues regarding that, but I really don't give a damn what > the Open Group says. So, once that's done, then comes the hard part. > We'll see how far along cygwin's threading capabilities are, as that > is probably the most worrisome aspect. Currently, there has been > much work done in progressing sysV IPC, so when the time comes it > should be ready to roll. Hopefully I can get a useful vm out of it, > but it's really just for fun. Anyhow, swing and awt support is just > plain dreadful, if not non-existent, in the various gpl'd vms. So, I > don't need to be reminded about them, because they are frankly > useless. Since I'm not about to write the X11 interface from the > ground up, I figure this would be the best bet. Besides, who knows, > if this is successful I might submit my build to Sun and see if > they'll allow redistribution. > > Cheers, > Nicholas
