I disagree on that last point, and I was wondering if anyone else feels
the same. (I'm referring to the part about not releasing any version of
the Linux JDK 1.2 until passing compatibility tests being a good thing.)
I think it's not such a good thing because, as I understand it, it
prevents any form of public beta testing. Think about it this way: If the
JDK doesn't pass the JCK, then it means there are bugs somewhere, but the
developer community can't help the Blackdown team find/kill those bugs if
a public beta isn't released. So, although one might think that forcing the
JDK to pass the JCK would reduce bugs in the final release, I would guess
that it actually produces *more* bugs since the thousands and thousands of
Java-Linux developers out there are prevented from helping out with the
beta test cycle. It also means that the beta cycle might take longer
since the pre-releases can only be tested by members of Blackdown. Am I
missing something here, or is the JCK restriction of the license really
not such a great thing after all?
Trevor
Nathan Meyers wrote:
> The answer is that it's being worked on, it'll be out soon (no date
> promised), and the Blackdown team is forbidden by the license to release
> anything until it has passed the compatibility tests (this is a good
> thing).
