On Sun, 2008-03-09 at 18:55 +0000, sebb wrote: > On 09/03/2008, Roland Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Oleg Kalnichevski wrote: > > > > > > Roland > > > Honestly, I really think this whole native code thing is not as bad as > > > it may seem. > > > > > > It sure makes my spider-sense tingle like mad. > > > > I feel uncomfortable too. > > Who is going to build and test the code? > > Or is the code only going to be released as source?
Yes, source code only, unsupported, as is, no releases, no guarantees of what so ever. > If so, will there be any checks to see if the code compiles? > Same checks we have for unsupported code now, that is, no automatic checks. > What about build scripts? > What compilers will be permitted? > Why should we preclude any compilers? > The current discussion is only about Windows. > If we decide to allow JNI code, what other platforms will need to be > supported? If there is ever Windows integrated authentication for other platforms, I do not see a problem accepting that code into the 'contrib' package as well. Oleg > I don't believe we should say that we'll only allow Windows-specific code. > > However, if we do decide to allow non-Java code, IMO it should only be > permitted where there is no reasonable alternative. > > > > cheers, > > Roland > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
