Daniel,
The new VME is still at the 1.4 level, but with updated VM and kernel
classes. As I have mentioned, two of the main reasons for this VME
update was to allow for package renaming to go ahead, and also to allow
String to be removed from the kernel, making kernel implementation
easier for other VM providers. If there is a necessity in the future for
a 1.5 VME, then one could be created, but currently classlib only
requires 1.4. I believe that while we are in a transitional phase from
1.4 to 1.5, a 1.4 VME will suffice, and the solution that is being
discussed in the "[classlib] Switching to a 5.0 compiler" [1] is the way
to go ahead for the moment.
My hope is that in the not too distant future we may see one or two of
the Harmony VMs stepping up to 1.5 level, and we can begin to use them
with our classlib :)
Regards,
Oliver
[1]
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Daniel Gandara wrote:
Oliver,
pleased to hear good news from you!! I believe this is great for
the project.
I have one question regarding the version of the VME, is it 1.5? I'm
asking this
because we have received contributions of some packages (for example:
java.math
and java.rmi packages) which are 1.5 (compliant and dependant) but
cannot be
used with current VM.
Thanks,
Daniel
----- Original Message ----- From: "Oliver Deakin"
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Subject: New IBM VME
Hi all,
I'm pleased to announce that a new IBM VME will be made available
soon at:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/harmony/index.html
The new VME downloads are named Harmony-vme-win.IA32-v2.zip and
Harmony-vme-linux.IA32-v2.tar.gz. I would like to stress that if you
download these packages now, they will *not* work with the class
library code currently in Harmony Subversion. This VME has been
created looking forward to changes that have been discussed on the
list, but have not yet been carried out. They are:
- completion of renaming of com.ibm packages, especially in LUNI
module. The new VME expects only org.apache.harmony package names.
- removal of String from the kernel, and addition of an
intern(String) method to the org.apache.harmony.kernel.vm.VM class.
The new VME does *not* contain String in its kernel jars. It does,
however, provide an intern(String) method in the VM class, as was
suggested in [1]. The String.intern() method in Harmony will just
redirect the call to VM.intern(String).
Once these changes are made in the Harmony repository, the new
version of the VME will be required to run with Harmony classlib. I
will send out a further mail when this is done confirming that the
new VME is available and ready to use.
A link to the VME v1 will still be available in the same place, and
this should still be used until the above changes are made.
Regards,
Oliver
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