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 their Unix counterparts (i.e., POSIX filenames).
> The scripts would be updated versions of those posted in
> <http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2003-01/msg00174.html>.
>
> There are a few reasons why I have misgivings about this. First off, some
> tools (notably Ant and Tomcat) recognize Cygwin and do something specific
> to Cygwin anyway, which will probably (most likely) get screwed up if the
s/ to / for /. Coffee, coffee! Wherefore art thou, coffee?
> java they find looks like a Unix version (this did happen to me with Ant
> and Cygwin-native jikes). Secondly, the tools will certainly not be
> foolproof (although I'll try my best to make them as robust and autonomous
> as possible). Thirdly, java versioning may become a problem.
>
> Besides which, there's a procedural stumbling block in that all of my
> packages so far have been binary packages, and I'm not too sure exactly
> how to release a no-source one.
>
> For most of the above reasons, this is not an ITP yet. FWIW, I'm also
> planning to package jikes (which compiles OOTB) at some point soon, but
> I'd like to first work out, among others, the Ant bug mentioned above.
>
> Thanks for your (eventual) input,
> Igor
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