On the 0x216 day of Apache Harmony Geir Magnusson, Jr. wrote: > Sure, so use wiki as a community collaboration tool, and then point to > the JIRAs...
OK, my suggestion was to put links to JIRA tasks from the page: http://wiki.apache.org/harmony/DRLVM%20newbie%20tasks Now I think you all agree. So I did it. > geir > > Rana Dasgupta wrote: > > They serve different purposes. The Wiki is just a broad reminder > > to even a visitor to Harmony of what remains to be done. I think > > that the JIRA is more specific, maybe even more technical. The TODO > > page as it is today, with sublinks, also seems well suited to > > capture this info. But it's not a big deal. > > On 11/2/06, *Geir Magnusson Jr.* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Rana Dasgupta wrote: > > > No problem with them being both on the Wiki and the JIRA, I think. > > Other than getting out of sync.... it just makes sense to use > > the > > "issue tracking system" for... "issue tracking" :) > > geir > > > > > > On 02 Nov 2006 17:57:29 +0600, Egor Pasko < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > >> > > >> On the 0x215 day of Apache Harmony Geir Magnusson, Jr. wrote: > > >> > Alexey Varlamov wrote: > > >> > > 2006/11/2, Geir Magnusson Jr. < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>: > > >> > >> Put them in as JIRAs > > >> > > Done: HARMONY-2051, 2052, 2053. > > >> > > > >> > Thanks - that just makes it easy for people to grab them and get > > >> going... > > >> > > >> maybe, put the list of JIRAs on wiki? > > >> > > >> > > > > >> > >> Alexey Varlamov wrote: > > >> > >> > Below is a list of isolated development tasks which do > > not require > > >> > >> > advanced knowledge of VM and could be a nice start for > > newbies to > > >> get > > >> > >> > acquainted with the code. All items are targeted for > > better code > > >> > >> > sharing. > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > 1) Eliminate duplicate implementation of > > j.l.Runtime.Process in > > >> kernel > > >> > >> > classes of DRLVM [1]. The classlib provides neat > > portlib-based > > >> > >> > reference implementation [2], which should be reused. These 2 > > >> impls > > >> > >> > are roughly identical, so one needs to made more scrupulous > > >> comparison > > >> > >> > and squeeze some features/fixes of [1] which may be > > missing in > > >> [2], > > >> > >> > then employ [2] in j.l.Runtime of DRLVM and drop [1]. > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > 2) Improve/re-implement a parser of generic signatures in > > DRLVM > > >> kernel > > >> > >> > classes [3], and move this functionality to classlib > > (luni ?), so > > >> > >> > other VMs could reuse it for 1.5 support. The current impl is > > >> somewhat > > >> > >> > messy and half-baked, one need to invent more shaped and > > modular > > >> API > > >> > >> > to the parser. One more possible issue is parser's > > dependency on > > >> > >> > antlr, which may be considered overkill for this duty. I > > think > > >> antlr > > >> > >> > has its pros, like more illustrative code with clear > > >> correlation to > > >> > >> > formal grammar [4]; unfortunately this is not the case > > with the > > >> impl > > >> > >> > in question. OTOH minimizing number of dependencies for VM is > > >> always > > >> > >> > good. > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > 3) Classlib's j.u.TimeZone expects "user.timezone" > > property value > > >> > >> > initialized during VM startup (BTW I did not find explicit > > >> statement > > >> > >> > in VMI docs for that, only indirect reference in kernel > > stub for > > >> > >> > j.l.System). I believe this action should be done by hyluni > > >> natives > > >> > >> > during JNI_OnLoad, no reason to burden VM with it. > > Therefore I > > >> suggest > > >> > >> > to move "port_user_timezone()" function [5] from DRLVM to > > classlib > > >> > >> > (luni/port), and fix DRLVM & hyluni accordingly. > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > [1] > > >> > >> > > >> > > working_vm\vm\vmcore\src\kernel_classes\javasrc\java\lang\Runtime.java > > >> > >> > + > > >> working_vm\vm\vmcore\src\kernel_classes\native\Runtime_[lnx|win].cpp > > >> > >> > [2] > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > >> > > > > working_classlib\modules\luni\src\main\java\org\apache\harmony\luni\internal\process\* > > >> > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > + > > >> working_classlib\modules\luni\src\main\native\luni\shared\process.c > > >> > >> > [3] > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > >> > > > > working_vm\vm\vmcore\src\kernel_classes\javasrc\org\apache\harmony\lang\reflect\** > > >> > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > [4] > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > >> > > > > http://java.sun.com/docs/books/vmspec/2nd-edition/ClassFileFormat-Java5.pdf > > >> > > >> > >> > Para 4.4.4 > > >> > >> > [5] working_vm\vm\port\src\misc\[win|linux]\timezone.c > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > Comments? Should I put this somewhere on the Wiki? > > >> > >> > > > >> > >> > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Egor Pasko, Intel Managed Runtime Division > > >> > > >> > > > > > > -- Egor Pasko
