On 11 May 2009 Oliver Deakin wrote: > Hi all, > > It's been a week since I sent out the initial mail about this > contribution and opinion seems positive so I'd like to open a vote to > officially accept the contribution. > > [ ] +1 Accept this contribution > [ ] -1 Reject this contribution because...
+1 > I'll conclude the vote in 3 days as usual, unless anyone needs more time. > > Regards, > Oliver > > Oliver Deakin wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > A little while ago, IBM created a mirror of the Java 6 jdktools branch > > so that we could start bringing Harmony JDWP into the IBM Java > > releases. We began working in that mirror because it was convenient > > for our internal builds, with a plan to reflect all changes we made > > back into Harmony as we went. Unfortunately, as deadlines drew in and > > releases came and went those plans did not come into fruition - until > > now :) > > > > I'd like to announce the contribution of an enhanced Java 6 level JDWP > > agent and socket transport layer. It has been attached to HARMONY-6187 > > [1] for everyone to try out - please take a look. It has the following > > enhancements: > > - A large number of bug fixes. > > - Ported to a wide variety of platforms - Linux x86/x86_64, Linux PPC > > 32/64, zLinux 31/64, Windows x86/x86_64, AIX PPC 32/64 and zOS 31/64. > > - As part of the porting process, all non-portable C++ usage has been > > removed and rewritten, particularly use of C++ standard libraries. > > - JSR 45 support implemented. The new JDWP agent allows debugging of > > non-Java stratum code running on the VM, for example JSPs. > > - Significant performance improvements. > > > > All authors already have ACQs recorded. There may be some more work to > > be done to get the new JDWP functioning 100% with Harmony, but I'd > > rather do that work out in the open once it is committed. Please let > > me know if there are any objections/comments to this contribution! > > I'll give it a few days and then start a vote. > > > > Regards, > > Oliver > > > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-6187 -- Gregory
