Java in Windows on X
John Morrison
john.r.morrison@ntlworld.com
Fri Aug 9 10:01:00 GMT 2002
Ooh, if you need anyone to help test! I will! I've
been wanting somebody to do this since I started cygwin
and Java development!
> From: Nicholas Wourms
>
> Well, I can't make any promises, but I've been kicking around the
> notion of porting the Sun Community Sources version of java to
> Cygwin/XFree. Currently, my first hurdle is to get OpenMOTIF fully
> ported, as the jdk won't compile with lesstif. There are some
> licensing issues regarding that, but I really don't give a damn what
> the Open Group says. So, once that's done, then comes the hard part.
> We'll see how far along cygwin's threading capabilities are, as that
> is probably the most worrisome aspect. Currently, there has been
> much work done in progressing sysV IPC, so when the time comes it
> should be ready to roll. Hopefully I can get a useful vm out of it,
> but it's really just for fun. Anyhow, swing and awt support is just
> plain dreadful, if not non-existent, in the various gpl'd vms. So, I
> don't need to be reminded about them, because they are frankly
> useless. Since I'm not about to write the X11 interface from the
> ground up, I figure this would be the best bet. Besides, who knows,
> if this is successful I might submit my build to Sun and see if
> they'll allow redistribution.
>
> Cheers,
> Nicholas
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