I found that j.u.c backport is based -in part- on sources from the JCP JSR 166 CVS repository so the source code is somehow under JRL/JDL and that -I believe- makes the code unacceptable for Harmony.
Daniel > Daniel Gandara wrote: > What about the j.u.c backport to 1.4 > (http://dcl.mathcs.emory.edu/util/backport-util-concurrent/index.php) > it may be a good starting point, on their page they say: > > "The code can be used for any purpose, modified, and redistributed > without acknowledgment. No warranty is provided, either express or > implied. > Note: versions prior to 2.1 had dependencies on proprietary code. > As of 2.1, any such dependencies have been removed." > > what do you think? > > > > Daniel > > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Gandara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wed Mar 08 12:26:18 2006 > To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: ITC's Contribution > >>> Tim Ellison wrote: >>> i.e. have you tried running it with the original code (EDU.oswego.cs.dl) >>> from Doug's website or only the concurrent utils in 5.0 (JSR166)? >>> >> Daniel Gandara wrote: >> we have only tried with the concurrent utils in 5.0, but we will try with >> Doug's and see how it behaves, I'll let you know. > > As promised, we've checked EDU.oswego.cs.dl.util.concurrent package ( > http://g.oswego.edu/dl/classes/EDU/oswego/cs/dl/util/concurrent/intro.html) > and while it works beautifully, it seems to not be compliant with the specs > for > java.util.concurrent (e.g. it is missing some pieces, such as > ThreadPoolExecutor, > etc). Therefore, I am hesitant of adapting our harmony-compliant package to > it, > as it may not be acceptable by Harmony once we are done. What do you think? > > As stated above, we've checked with JSR166 > (http://gee.cs.oswego.edu/dl/concurrency-interest/index.html ) > and we are ok with it, since it complies with the spec. However, I am not > sure > we can use this as part of Harmony, can we? > > Daniel > >
