We could contribute back to db4o's sharpen trunk. It appears they do patch it periodically. Or depending on the changes a fork might be more appropriate.
> Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 13:07:29 -0500 > Subject: Re: [jira] Commented: (LUCENENET-380) Evaluate Sharpen as a port tool > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > "Ideally I think the goal would be to modify sharpen till it outputs > buildable C# with no pre/post." > > so basically a fork of the sharpen code base? > > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Alex Thompson (JIRA) <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > [ > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENENET-380?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel&focusedCommentId=12978878#action_12978878] > > > > Alex Thompson commented on LUCENENET-380: > > ----------------------------------------- > > > > Ideally I think the goal would be to modify sharpen till it outputs > > buildable C# with no pre/post. > > > > Sharpen is build on the abstract syntax tree components of Eclipse so it > > seems pretty workable. > > > > > Evaluate Sharpen as a port tool > > > ------------------------------- > > > > > > Key: LUCENENET-380 > > > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LUCENENET-380 > > > Project: Lucene.Net > > > Issue Type: Task > > > Reporter: George Aroush > > > Attachments: 3.0.2_JavaToCSharpConverter_AfterPostProcessing.zip, > > 3.0.2_JavaToCSharpConverter_NoPostProcessing.zip, IndexWriter.java, > > Lucene.Net.3_0_3_Sharpen20110106.zip, Lucene.Net.Sharpen20101104.zip, > > Lucene.Net.Sharpen20101114.zip, NIOFSDirectory.java, QueryParser.java, > > TestBufferedIndexInput.java, TestDateFilter.java > > > > > > > > > This task is to evaluate Sharpen as a port tool for Lucene.Net. > > > The files to be evaluated are attached. We need to run those files > > (which are off Java Lucene 2.9.2) against Sharpen and compare the result > > against JLCA result. > > > > -- > > This message is automatically generated by JIRA. > > - > > You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online. > > > > > > > -- > Michael Herndon > Senior Developer ([email protected]) > 804.767.0083 > > [connect online] > http://www.opensourceconnections.com > http://www.amptools.net > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-herndon/4/893/23 > http://www.facebook.com/amptools.net > http://www.twitter.com/amptools-net
