I actually went to a BOF at JavaOne2010 to specifically find out if Caciocavallo could be used to port OpenJDK to the Mac.
The short answer is "no." The main use-case of this project is to make it easy to port AWT/Java2D to mobile and embedded devices. Rob On Oct 27, 2010, at 10:18 AM, Fabrizio Giudici wrote: > On 10/27/2010 04:09 PM, Chris Adamson wrote: >> I just got an e-mail from a party with a big stake in how this plays >> out, and I'm wondering how to give them a useful response, without >> speculating or sending them in the wrong direction. So here are a few >> thoughts currently in my head, with some questions that you guys and >> girls can probably help with. > I agree on all the four points - but I have to say that I made mine on (a) - > costs and legal issues with releasing Apple's code - after reading your posts. > > I'd like to throw into the discussion another piece of stuff. Emilian Bold in > a private communication referred to this: > > http://openjdk.java.net/projects/caciocavallo/ > > I've heard of it, but it's probably one of the projects in the OpenJDK > cluster that I know the less. Among its goals there's the capability of > making easier and faster portings of AWT. Does somebody know at which stage > is it? Would it be something that could be useful in this situation? > > -- > f.g. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
