Re: Java viable for cross-platform GUI applications ?

2000-07-21 Thread Thomas Kirsch
Christopher Cobb wrote: > Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > > > Certainly a silly question for this list: Do you think Java is currently > > a viable platform for cross-platform, shrink-wrap GUI applications ? > > I.e. if you had a proprietary consumer application for Windows and MacOS, > > and you were

Re: Java viable for cross-platform GUI applications ?

2000-07-21 Thread Christopher Cobb
Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > Certainly a silly question for this list: Do you think Java is currently > a viable platform for cross-platform, shrink-wrap GUI applications ? > I.e. if you had a proprietary consumer application for Windows and MacOS, > and you were looking for a strategy that also wor

Re: Java viable for cross-platform GUI applications ?

2000-07-21 Thread Thomas Kirsch
Christopher Cobb wrote: > Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > > > Certainly a silly question for this list: Do you think Java is currently > > a viable platform for cross-platform, shrink-wrap GUI applications ? > > I.e. if you had a proprietary consumer application for Windows and MacOS, > > and you were

Re: Java viable for cross-platform GUI applications ?

2000-07-21 Thread Christopher Cobb
Gregor Hoffleit wrote: > > Certainly a silly question for this list: Do you think Java is currently > a viable platform for cross-platform, shrink-wrap GUI applications ? > I.e. if you had a proprietary consumer application for Windows and MacOS, > and you were looking for a strategy that also wo

Re: Bug#66540: kaffe on PowerPC: success

2000-07-21 Thread Mark Wielaard
Hi, On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 04:50:18PM -0500, Ean R . Schuessler wrote: > Just realizing this. :) > > Does someone want to pick libffi up? Interesting enough Brent Fulgham just made a libffi package when he was hacking on sablevm another Java Virtual Machine. (See mail at end.) > On Fri, Jul 21

RE: Bug#66540: kaffe on PowerPC: success

2000-07-21 Thread Anthony Green
On Friday, July 21, 2000 2:50 PM, Ean R . Schuessler [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Just realizing this. :) > > Does someone want to pick libffi up? I am the libffi author and would happy to answer questions should they arise. AG

Re: Bug#66540: kaffe on PowerPC: success

2000-07-21 Thread Ean R . Schuessler
Just realizing this. :) Does someone want to pick libffi up? On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 10:12:29PM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Friday 21 July 2000, at 12 h 6, the keyboard of "Ean R . Schuessler" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On this note I guess that the most sensible thing to do

Re: Bug#66540: kaffe on PowerPC: success

2000-07-21 Thread Mark Wielaard
Hi, On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 04:50:18PM -0500, Ean R . Schuessler wrote: > Just realizing this. :) > > Does someone want to pick libffi up? Interesting enough Brent Fulgham just made a libffi package when he was hacking on sablevm another Java Virtual Machine. (See mail at end.) > On Fri, Jul 2

RE: Bug#66540: kaffe on PowerPC: success

2000-07-21 Thread Anthony Green
On Friday, July 21, 2000 2:50 PM, Ean R . Schuessler [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > Just realizing this. :) > > Does someone want to pick libffi up? I am the libffi author and would happy to answer questions should they arise. AG -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a sub

Re: Bug#66540: kaffe on PowerPC: success

2000-07-21 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Friday 21 July 2000, at 12 h 6, the keyboard of "Ean R . Schuessler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On this note I guess that the most sensible thing to do is go ahead and > put the CVS .debs I have in incoming. Do you plan to compile them with --with-libffi? At least on PowerPC, this is mand

Re: Bug#66540: kaffe on PowerPC: success

2000-07-21 Thread Ean R . Schuessler
Oh. Whoops. Thats what I meant. On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 10:29:47AM -0700, Matt Brubeck wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Ean R . Schuessler wrote: > > > On this note I guess that the most sensible thing to do is go ahead and > > put the CVS .debs I have in incoming. > > > > I'm thinking that I'll n

Re: Bug#66540: kaffe on PowerPC: success

2000-07-21 Thread Ean R . Schuessler
Just realizing this. :) Does someone want to pick libffi up? On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 10:12:29PM +0200, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Friday 21 July 2000, at 12 h 6, the keyboard of "Ean R . Schuessler" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On this note I guess that the most sensible thing to do

Re: Bug#66540: kaffe on PowerPC: success

2000-07-21 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Friday 21 July 2000, at 12 h 6, the keyboard of "Ean R . Schuessler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On this note I guess that the most sensible thing to do is go ahead and > put the CVS .debs I have in incoming. Do you plan to compile them with --with-libffi? At least on PowerPC, this is mand

Re: Bug#66540: kaffe on PowerPC: success

2000-07-21 Thread Ean R . Schuessler
Oh. Whoops. Thats what I meant. On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 10:29:47AM -0700, Matt Brubeck wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Ean R . Schuessler wrote: > > > On this note I guess that the most sensible thing to do is go ahead and > > put the CVS .debs I have in incoming. > > > > I'm thinking that I'll

Re: Bug#66540: kaffe on PowerPC: success

2000-07-21 Thread Matt Brubeck
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Ean R . Schuessler wrote: > On this note I guess that the most sensible thing to do is go ahead and > put the CVS .debs I have in incoming. > > I'm thinking that I'll name them 1.0.5.[cvs date DDMMYY]. Versioning should > work ok that way and I could even do daily CVS posts

Re: Bug#66540: kaffe on PowerPC: success

2000-07-21 Thread Ean R . Schuessler
On this note I guess that the most sensible thing to do is go ahead and put the CVS .debs I have in incoming. I'm thinking that I'll name them 1.0.5.[cvs date DDMMYY]. Versioning should work ok that way and I could even do daily CVS posts. Thoughts? On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 01:29:53PM +0200, St

Re: Bug#66540: kaffe on PowerPC: success

2000-07-21 Thread Matt Brubeck
On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, Ean R . Schuessler wrote: > On this note I guess that the most sensible thing to do is go ahead and > put the CVS .debs I have in incoming. > > I'm thinking that I'll name them 1.0.5.[cvs date DDMMYY]. Versioning should > work ok that way and I could even do daily CVS post

Re: Bug#66540: kaffe on PowerPC: success

2000-07-21 Thread Ean R . Schuessler
On this note I guess that the most sensible thing to do is go ahead and put the CVS .debs I have in incoming. I'm thinking that I'll name them 1.0.5.[cvs date DDMMYY]. Versioning should work ok that way and I could even do daily CVS posts. Thoughts? On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 01:29:53PM +0200, S

Re: installer packages for SUN's jdk1.3-beta

2000-07-21 Thread Juergen Kreileder
> Miros/law `Jubal' Baran writes: Miros/law> Has anyone packaged an installer package for Sun's Miros/law> jdk1.3 tarball? We have made Debian packages for the Blackdown J2SE 1.3 (which is about the same as the Sun version as we are working the same tree now). So far packages exist fo

Re: installer packages for SUN's jdk1.3-beta

2000-07-21 Thread Juergen Kreileder
> Miros/law `Jubal' Baran writes: Miros/law> Has anyone packaged an installer package for Sun's Miros/law> jdk1.3 tarball? We have made Debian packages for the Blackdown J2SE 1.3 (which is about the same as the Sun version as we are working the same tree now). So far packages exist f

kaffe on PowerPC: success

2000-07-21 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
With the last CVS tree of kaffe and the help of Edouard Parmelan, fearless kaffe developer, everything works. Ultra-Short-HOWTO: 1) Get FFI from http://sourceware.cygnus.com/libffi/ (it does not seem to be in any Debian package) and install it (./configure; make

kaffe on PowerPC: success

2000-07-21 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
With the last CVS tree of kaffe and the help of Edouard Parmelan, fearless kaffe developer, everything works. Ultra-Short-HOWTO: 1) Get FFI from http://sourceware.cygnus.com/libffi/ (it does not seem to be in any Debian package) and install it (./configure; mak