BTW, the only thing I've wished for so far in Android/Dalvik that isn't there is java.beans. So I ported it from the Apache Harmony sources.
Regards, Dave Orme On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Gorkem Ercan <[email protected]> wrote: > I do not think there is/should be a single answer for the JDK level on > e4. I do not really know how to formulate it but the closer the work > to the RCP, it is more likely that we can use it in the embedded > space. If we need to really come up with a rule of thumb. I guess we > could formulate it with dependencies. Here is my quick dirty version > "if feature is mainly built on top of org.eclipse.swt, > org.eclipse.jface, org.eclipse.core.runtime, org.eclipse.ui, > org.eclipse.update.core only then consider using CDC FP 1.1" > -- > Gorkem > > > 2008/12/15 Ed Merks <[email protected]>: > > Kevin, > > > > Not that it's entirely a relevant question, but will the embedded space > ever > > more forward again? At Eclipse we'd argue: if the community cared > enough, > > they'd produce a Foundation 1.2 for Java 5.0. It can't be that hard, but > I > > suppose Sun leaves the community in a straight jacket. This seems an > ideal > > approach for making Java go extinct in the embedded space. Basing an > > important design decision around this terribly sad story, seems terribly > > sad. And of course the target is likely to move by the time the arrow > comes > > close... > > > > You recall there was talk about cross compiling 5.0 code to 1.4? There > is a > > "secret flag" already, but I think that goes against the rules as well. > I'm > > not sure the purpose for such rules. It seems all very wrong... > > > > Regards, > > Ed > > > > > > Kevin McGuire wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > I'm a little confused about what JDK level we said we'd use for e4 work. > > > > In the former e4-incubator mail list [1] we said, "We'll discuss at the > > summit". In the summit notes I see lots of discussion [2] but no > > conclusion. I was not in that session, so perhaps there was a conclusion > > that I missed/was missed in the notes? > > > > In doing the recent CSS work I set the dependency as JDK1.5 because > that's > > what I saw in the following projects: > > org.eclipse.e4.ui.services > > org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench > > > > Many would like 1.5 for various reasons (myself included), but as in the > > email below, those in the embedded space would naturally like something > more > > like Foundation 1.1. > > > > We need a definitive answer to avoid costly reworking of code to a lower > JDK > > level. > > > > Regards, > > Kevin > > > > [1] > > > http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/eclipse-incubator-e4-dev/msg00234.html > > [2] http://wiki.eclipse.org/E4/Architectural_Foundations see "Summit > Notes > > for Java 5/supported platforms" > > > > ----- Forwarded by Kevin McGuire/Ottawa/IBM on 12/15/2008 10:32 AM ----- > > "Gorkem Ercan" <[email protected]> > > Sent by: [email protected] > > > > 12/15/2008 05:37 AM > > > > Please respond to > > E4 Project developer mailing list <[email protected]> > > To > > "E4 Project developer mailing list" <[email protected]> > > cc > > Subject > > [e4-dev] The targets for CSS Engine > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I have been trying to get the existing code working with the eRCP > > runtime. The good news is after a few hours of hacking and commenting > > I was able to get it working. I am now wondering what are the platform > > targets for the CSS engine. We can possibly help with the existing > > code base to complete it and make it compatible with CDC FP 1.1 > > (better yet CLCD 1.1 ) also add eSWT and eJface support. Are those > > things in the interest and target of the css related work? > > -- > > Gorkem > > _______________________________________________ > > e4-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/e4-dev > > > > ________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > > e4-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/e4-dev > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > e4-dev mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/e4-dev > > > > > _______________________________________________ > e4-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/e4-dev >
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