Re: java developer feedback

2000-11-22 Thread Jason Gilbert
Calvin Austin wrote: > > I don't know if anyone else can verify this, but the bug listed below > seems to be BSD socket related (ie OS related) This is probably true. However, I guess my point is 2 fold. 1) The implementation doesn't match the API specification. If you can't work around it a

Re: java developer feedback

2000-11-22 Thread Levente Farkas
hi, there're some os wher this is not required for receiving multicast packet. man 7 ip IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP Join a multicast group. Argument is a struct ip_mreqn structure. struct ip_mreqn { struct in_addr imr_multiaddr; /* IP multicast group address */ struct i

Re: java developer feedback

2000-11-21 Thread David Brownell
- Original Message - From: "noisebrain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, 13 November, 2000 6:32 PM Subject: Re: java developer feedback > There's been progress on this recently with caldera/turbolinux/etc., > but RedHat, by far the biggest linux distrib,

Re: java developer feedback

2000-11-21 Thread Calvin Austin
I don't know if anyone else can verify this, but the bug listed below seems to be BSD socket related (ie OS related) I hacked some code together from an online example and included what Java does on the server side , compile cc -o serv serv.c and test with the Broadcaster client from the bug rep

Re: java developer feedback

2000-11-16 Thread Calvin Austin
Hi I've been at comdex this week so I'm just catching up on email, I hope we can resolve redhats distribution issue soon. The fonts problem on linux will improve with the availability of truetype rendering in Xfree, but we should also continue to work on the fonts supplied with java regards cal

Re: java developer feedback

2000-11-15 Thread Juergen Kreileder
> "Peter" == Peter Pilgrim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Peter> The solution to KDE, GNOME, AWT enabled is to make the Peter> whole X window code abstract and generic then apply a Peter> factory plugin architecture that loads Java Proxy and JNI Peter> classes at runtime such we

Re: java developer feedback

2000-11-15 Thread Peter Pilgrim
"The Greatest of All Time" Message History From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/11/2000 18:25 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: java developer feedback Take this all w/ a big ol

Re: java developer feedback

2000-11-14 Thread lisuke
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Re: java developer feedback

2000-11-13 Thread noisebrain
I program desktop graphics for a large company (Disney). We develop in part on Linux and deploy on SGI, but possibly linux in the future. Elsewhere in the company there are mac clients with sun servers, etc. My two issues: 1) FONTS. The fonts look different on every platform, and they only lo

Re: java developer feedback

2000-11-13 Thread Joi Ellis
On Mon, 13 Nov 2000, Vladimir G Ivanovic wrote: > Far and away the most important attribute of a technology is its > reliability. Features don't do anyone any good unless they work. Java's > unreliability is a cancer that eats at everyone's confidence. Java has > enough features to last a lifetim

Re: java developer feedback

2000-11-13 Thread Vladimir G Ivanovic
Far and away the most important attribute of a technology is its reliability. Features don't do anyone any good unless they work. Java's unreliability is a cancer that eats at everyone's confidence. Java has enough features to last a lifetime. It's now time to make them work. ---Vladimir Vladimi

Re: java developer feedback

2000-11-12 Thread Jason Gilbert
Joi Ellis wrote: > > > Oh, please don't make java dependant upon gnome or kde only. Make it > generic, please!! I was speaking more in terms of using Gtk+ or Qt instead of motif. Not making it specific to any desktop, just using a toolkit that would match the look of other apps. Also maybe a

Re: java developer feedback

2000-11-12 Thread Joi Ellis
On Sun, 12 Nov 2000, Jason Gilbert wrote: > 1) Issues with the rpm packages: >a) What's the deal w/ the name of the file and the package > name not matching? > Annoying and not how every other rpm I've seen works. I > install package file > j2se-1.3-whatever. Do a rpm -ql j2se t

Re: java developer feedback

2000-11-12 Thread Jason Gilbert
Take this all w/ a big ol' helping of "I may not know what the hell I'm talking about in all cases, but this is my personal opinion" and call me in the morning. Calvin Austin wrote: > > would help you become more productive. Which bugs, like > the international keyboard bug are causing problems

Re: java developer feedback

2000-11-11 Thread Calvin Austin
That particular (4102292) bug has been partially fixed in linux 1.3, the window manager decides where the frame will go for the window managers I tried sawfish, kwm etc and it will be placed as the window manager decides and not stuck at 0,0 or worse -x, -y. That fix will also go into the 1.3.1

Re: java developer feedback

2000-11-11 Thread Ron Yorston
Joi Ellis wrote: >On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Calvin Austin wrote: > >> In moving forward I would be very interested in areas that >> you believe Blackdown and Sun should focus on, in particular >> what do you plan to use the linux port for, whether its as >> a development machine or rolling out into pro

Re: java developer feedback

2000-11-10 Thread Kevin A. Burton
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Calvin Austin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We are coming to the end of a great year for Java on linux, > hotspot has finally arrived on linux as well > as the optional packages JMF and Java 3D, additional chipset > ports, plugin support for mozill

Re: java developer feedback

2000-11-10 Thread Joi Ellis
On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Calvin Austin wrote: > In moving forward I would be very interested in areas that > you believe Blackdown and Sun should focus on, in particular > what do you plan to use the linux port for, whether its as > a development machine or rolling out into production. What > would h

java developer feedback

2000-11-10 Thread Calvin Austin
We are coming to the end of a great year for Java on linux, hotspot has finally arrived on linux as well as the optional packages JMF and Java 3D, additional chipset ports, plugin support for mozilla and netscape to name a just few achievements. In moving forward I would be very interested in