I'm going to have to agree completely. Now I can only imagine what a
colossal PITA porting JDK 1.2 must be, given the bazillion API changes
ranging from sound to 3D graphics support, but at least give us up to
date information, at least once a week I'd say. Even if all they said
was that they had a busy week with personal stuff and didn't really do
much.
What ever happened with the 1.2.1 source patches, they were very close
to release, a month and a half ago. What happened to them? I have seen
updates to the web site, so I can only assume that a new release is
brewing in the wind, but it would be nice to know exactly what the hold
up is, and where we can help. I really like Blackdowns JDK1.2pre2,
there are some bugs, but overall it's a very nice port. How many more
months away is pre3? IBM's compiler is nice, but I'm really looking to
move over to the 1.2 API and IBM is still in 1.1.6 land for a while.
Metrowerks is promising a 1.2 compiler, but it won't be free. Right now
the largest amount of progress has been made by the Blackdown porting
team, but releases are becoming spread out by three or four months. At
this rate IBM will have a 1.2 release of their JDK before Blackdown
finishes. It would be a shame to see all of Blackdown's work frowned
upon because they couldn't push through the final version.
So, I'll of my late night rambling aside. My question to the Blackdown
team is what's up? What are you doing? What can we do to help? When
can we expect the next release? What's been the hold up in production?
-Jim
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