Hi All, For those of you who have been running into problems using GWT 1.7 with Snow Leopard, please accept our humble apologies.
We are working on getting a GWT 1.7 point release out that will fix this issue so that you may use Snow Leopard with the JDK 1.6 32-bit libraries without having to tweak your OS settings. Cheers, -Sumit Chandel On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 7:49 PM, Pascal <zig...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Jim, > All I was saying is that you seem to make this whole "hacking system > directories" way scarier than it is. I've changed things multiple > times over the years in "system directories" sometimes following > Apple's own advices. This particular instance is a completely harmless > copy. > > Anyway, don't run snow leopard if you don't want to. But until a > proper fix is out, I much prefer (and some other people too I'm sure) > giving GWT the JDK 1.5 it expects rather than changing all my scripts > and eclipse projects to hack the gwt installation. > > Regards, > > Pascal > > On 8 sep, 22:30, Jim Douglas <jdoug...@basis.com> wrote: > > Hi Pascal, > > > > If hacking system directories seems like an acceptable approach for > > you, it's your system and your choice. My concern is that GWT > > developers who come here looking for advice about getting GWT running > > in Snow Leopard shouldn't be told that the correct solution is to hack > > their operating system in ways that aren't supported or approved by > > Apple. > > > > As a general rule, it's rarely a good idea to advise anyone that the > > fix for a problem is to hack around in system directories. It's > > especially bad advice when it's not necessary. There's nothing > > compelling about Snow Leopard that makes it urgent for anyone to > > install it right this second. I'm more than happy to leave it sitting > > here in the shrink wrap until I'm sure that I can install it and get > > back to work without any disruptions. But if someone feels the need > > to install it (or installed it without realizing it would break GWT), > > there are other ways to get GWT running again that don't involve > > hacking in Apple's JVM directories. > > > > Regards, > > Jim. > > > > On Sep 8, 6:16 pm, Pascal <zig...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Seriously, it takes around 20 seconds to copy the 1.5 directories over > > > and redo the symlinks. If an update from Apple came in and deleted > > > things, you'd need to spend another 20 seconds redoing things as all > > > they'd do is delete what you did. I'm sure there will be a fix out at > > > some point in the near future but in the interim, I can happily run > > > hosted mode on Snow Leopard and I wouldn't describe the workaround as > > > "horrific", it's just one directory and two symlinks. > > > > > Pascal > > > > > On Sep 8, 5:31 pm, Jim Douglas <jdoug...@basis.com> wrote: > > > > > > Don't follow that horrific advice; it will break the next time get > get > > > > a Java update from Apple: > > > > > >http://lists.apple.com/archives/java-dev/2009/Sep/msg00072.html > > > > > > There are only two legitimate workarounds for this right now -- > > > > install a current build of GWT 2.0, or hack around the Java 5 check > in > > > > GWT 1.7 as described here: > > > > > >http://development.lombardi.com/?p=1012 > > > > > > On Sep 7, 1:12 pm, javacup <kdas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > > I followed the instructions from this page > > > > > > >http://wiki.oneswarm.org/index.php/OS_X_10.6_Snow_Leopard > > > > > > > but still I get > > > > > > > You must use a Java 1.5 runtime to use GWT Hosted Mode on Mac OS X. > > > > > > > I see some of you added hacks into the boot strap class. Does > google > > > > > view this seriously and try to release a patch ASAP? > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > On Sep 3, 7:05 am, Alex Moffat <alex.mof...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > I have another work around that involves changing the > > > > > > BootStrapPlatform class in gwt-dev-mac.jar to remove the check > for > > > > > > java 1.5. If you do this then you can use java 1.6 with the -d32 > flag > > > > > > and it works fine. More details athttp:// > development.lombardi.com/?p=1012 > > > > > > > > On Aug 31, 6:35 pm, Jim Douglas <jdoug...@basis.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Sumit, > > > > > > > > > That "workaround" is really not acceptable. Because Apple > considers > > > > > > > the JVM to be part of the operating system, messing in those > > > > > > > directories amounts to hacking the O/S. It's unsafe, > unsupported, and > > > > > > > can -- and probably will -- arbitrarily drop dead at any time > with an > > > > > > > O/S update. > > > > > > > > > I could easily be missing something important, but it seems > like this > > > > > > > should be a fairly easy thing for you to patch. My > understanding is > > > > > > > that the issue with GWT is that you need a 32-bit JVM, and in > Mac OS X > > > > > > > Leopard, the only way to get a 32-bit JVM is to use Java 5; the > > > > > > > Leopard Java 6 is 64-bit-only. But in Snow Leopard, you can > invoke > > > > > > > Java 6 with "java -d32 ...", and you will get a 32-bit JVM. > Wouldn't > > > > > > > this work for GWT hosted mode? > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > Jim. > > > > > > > > > On Aug 31, 3:58 pm, Sumit Chandel <sumitchan...@google.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > Hosted mode will be getting an exciting makeover soon, in the > form of > > > > > > > > Out-Of-Process Hosted Mode (OOPHM). With OOPHM, hosted mode > runs as a plugin > > > > > > > > to your favourite browser so that you can debug with the > browser most > > > > > > > > familiar to you using whichever other debugging tools it > offers while at the > > > > > > > > same time debugging your GWT code in hosted mode as you do > now. > > > > > > > > > > OOPHM is currently available in GWT trunk for those who want > to give it a > > > > > > > > try (instructions linked below). > > > > > > > > > > That said, OOPHM solves the problem of requiring 32-bit > libraries that > > > > > > > > exists in other Mac builds where switching out to Java 1.5 > was necessary. > > > > > > > > That means that OOPHM will also work perfectly well for Snow > Leopard, or any > > > > > > > > other platform using any Java libraries, 32-bit or not. > > > > > > > > > > Hopefully the workaround Dean linked to above will get you up > and running > > > > > > > > until OOPHM comes out in the next major release. If that > workaround doesn't > > > > > > > > work, please feel free to reply back and let us know. > > > > > > > > > > Using OOPHM from trunk: > http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/wiki/UsingOOPHM > > > > > > > > > > Hope that helps, > > > > > > > > -Sumit Chandel > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 11:35 AM, mdwarne < > mike.wa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > After watching a bunch of Googles GWT videos, and seminar > speeches, I > > > > > > > > > noticed some of the presenters are using Macbooks. > > > > > > > > > I have to believe they are well aware of this issue. > > > > > > > > > Mike. > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 31, 4:04 am, Michael Shantzis <mich...@shantzis.com> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > The question I have is how high it is on google's list to > release a > > > > > > > > > > version of GWT that runs on snow leopard without any > modifications. > > > > > > > > > > I'm working in an environment where I'm testing jboss > (which requires > > > > > > > > > > java 1.6) and have had to jump through hoops to get my > server running > > > > > > > > > > 1.6 and my GWT client running 1.5. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm sure they're already aware of this and it's certainly > the case > > > > > > > > > > that all the pieces are out there for them. > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm patiently waiting!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 29, 9:21 pm, James <james.hagg...@convolution.net> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi... I just wanted to add that along with the > suggestions on: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://wiki.oneswarm.org/index.php/OS_X_10.6_Snow_Leopard > > > > > > > > > > > > > I had to rename the "CurrentJDK" symbolic link in > > > > > > > > > > > > > /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > from 1.6.0 to the (newly added) 1.5.0 because it > appears that ant was > > > > > > > > > > > looking at the "CurrentJDK" for its version not the > env. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
