On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 08:17:22AM +0200, Wolfgang Baer wrote: > >On Sun, 2005-04-03 at 11:12 -0500, Jerry Haltom wrote: > >>We need a standard, nice, easy to extend way for binary wrappers > >>in /usr/bin and/or startup scripts to locate their VM. There are a few > >>requirements that I had: > >>1) Whatever we do should be GUI configurable. I want to write a "System > >>VM Selection" control panel of some sort allowing the user to choose > >>which VM is used system-wide and also program specific. > > That would be nice - especially as users are should be allowed to > override the vm. But I think we should put the scripts first in > java-common - to have something to test etc. - and then at a later > stage put the GUI stuff in place. > > Just to ensure that the feature doesn't need to wait till a > working GUI is written. > > BTW, should the GUI be in Java ?
We need at least a command-line tool, probably called update-java-vm or so in Debian-style. A real gui tool would be nice too to make it easier for end users. Perhaps we should have the command-line tool first. We can then later add the GUI as it will be just for comfortability. Michael -- Escape the Java Trap with GNU Classpath! http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/java-trap.html Join the community at http://planet.classpath.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
