Re: [RFC] Would there be a need for a java-wrappers package?

2004-02-23 Thread Ronald Landheer-Cieslak
Hello Igor, Personally, I'd much prefer a Free alternative to Java under Cygwin to a wrapper for Cygwin around Java. That notwithstanding, I think it is a good idea to have access to Java from Cygwin, so if you think it is a better idea to make wrapper scripts as opposed to ITPing a free Java

RE: [RFC] Would there be a need for a java-wrappers package?

2004-02-22 Thread John Morrison
From: Igor Pechtchanski I would like to hear opinions on how useful a java-wrappers package would be. The package will contain a few shell scripts that allow users to invoke the regular Java SDK tools (java, javac, javadoc) from Cygwin, making them look like their Unix counterparts (i.e.,

Re: [RFC] Would there be a need for a java-wrappers package?

2004-02-22 Thread Nicholas Wourms
pechtcha wrote: Hi, all, I would like to hear opinions on how useful a java-wrappers package would be. The package will contain a few shell scripts that allow users to invoke the regular Java SDK tools (java, javac, javadoc) from Cygwin, making them look like their Unix counterparts (i.e.,

Re: [RFC] Would there be a need for a java-wrappers package?

2004-02-22 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Nicholas Wourms wrote: pechtcha wrote: Hi, all, I would like to hear opinions on how useful a java-wrappers package would be. The package will contain a few shell scripts that allow users to invoke the regular Java SDK tools (java, javac, javadoc) from Cygwin,

Re: [RFC] Would there be a need for a java-wrappers package?

2004-02-22 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 05:03:16PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: FWIW, since these scripts are going to be Cygwin-specific, perhaps CGF might even consider hosting a CVS repository for them on cygwin-apps, so that others can send in patches against the development version... Feel free to check

Re: [RFC] Would there be a need for a java-wrappers package?

2004-02-22 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Christopher Faylor wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 05:03:16PM -0500, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: FWIW, since these scripts are going to be Cygwin-specific, perhaps CGF might even consider hosting a CVS repository for them on cygwin-apps, so that others can send in patches

[RFC] Would there be a need for a java-wrappers package?

2004-02-21 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
Hi, all, I would like to hear opinions on how useful a java-wrappers package would be. The package will contain a few shell scripts that allow users to invoke the regular Java SDK tools (java, javac, javadoc) from Cygwin, making them look like their Unix counterparts (i.e., POSIX filenames). The

Re: [RFC] Would there be a need for a java-wrappers package?

2004-02-21 Thread Igor Pechtchanski
On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, Igor Pechtchanski wrote: Hi, all, I would like to hear opinions on how useful a java-wrappers package would be. The package will contain a few shell scripts that allow users to invoke the regular Java SDK tools (java, javac, javadoc) from Cygwin, making them look like