Jim Waldo - SMI Software Development wrote: > > Hi folks -- > > Any words on when the Java 2 (aka 1.2) port is available? I would love to get > a port of Jini out on Linux early (and often), but we are completely 1.2 > based. > > Any words you could give would be a help. > > Thanks, > > Jim Waldo Hi Jim, Your question (when is Blackdown JDK1.2 coming out) gets asked about 3 times a day on the Blackdown list :). For most folks who ask this, the standard answer is some combination of: (i) read the faq (ii) wait and bear it in silence (iii) #$@!!#$ In your case though, perhaps we could synergistically act to expedite things? I think it's great that senior folks within Sun, such as yourself, are interested in moving Java/Linux along. Recently, a member of the Blackdown team (Steve Byrne) informed us all that: > We're not legally allowed to put out pre-release versions if they haven't > passed through JCK. We're in the process of trying to chase down some issues > with running the JCK. > > > The page also says, "Before we can release, we have to make sure that it > > passes the tests in the Java Compatibility Kit." Is this a requirement > > of Sun's source code licensing, or is it just something that was decided > > on by the Blackdown team? > > It's the dreaded sections 2.4 and 2.5 as amending 2.3 of our license that say > we HAVE to pass JCK before we can release or even pre-release. > > Steve Certainly there are good reasons for ensuring that Java ports are "sanitized" by passing JCK. However, maybe there's a way that Sun can expedite this process for the Blackdown folks, or at least allow a controlled prerelease that lightens the impact of these "dreaded sections"? Do you think you could lend a hand here Jim? Or is this (probably) in the hands of some "dreaded lawyers" 8-). On another note, what do you mean by: "get a port of Jini out on Linux early (and often)"? I thought Jini was pure Java, i.e., as soon as there is a compliant JDK2 running on platform of choice, Jini is just a drop in, like JFC, JSDK, or any other pure Java package. Or is there native code in Jini that needs to be ported platform by platform? Thanks, Ron --- Ron Resnick Senior Consulting Engineer DiaLogos Incorporated http://www.dialogosweb.com
