Marina Goldburt wrote: > The patch is only an experiment to change the internal portlib > implementation, that, as I think, reveals some design/implementation > problems of the luni module.
Great - lets discuss that. > > I think, it makes sense to move all platform-specific code of the luni into > the portlib. And in parallel to cooperate with the APR developers "on > making > it possible to use APR without pools" - that, of course, the main problem > that makes the APR not suitable for JVM needs. > > By the end of the process We'll have platform independent interface to > operating system functionality, that covers all the luni needs, > isolating in > the portlib and can switch the portlib implementation to APR (if it have > the > appropriate memory model by the moment). Ok - to start, choose one small thing to discuss... geir > > Marina. > > On 7/4/06, Mark Hindess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> On 4 July 2006 at 13:13, Geir Magnusson Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > Marina Goldburt wrote: >> > > Hi, >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > To support the idea mentioned in the letter >> > > >> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-harmony-dev/200602.mbox/ >> >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED], >> > > >> > > >> > > I've tried to implement the file I/O part of the Harmony portlib >> using >> > > APR. >> > > >> > > The JIRA issue with the patch is >> > > http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HARMONY-751. >> > > >> > > >> > >> > I wouldn't want to tie us to APR like this - I can see us offering an >> > "APR port" that is a peer to the native Windows and Linux.ia32 ports >> [it >> > would be fun to test performance differences], but not make it the >> core, >> > shared implementation. >> >> +1 >> >> I'd always imagined it would progress this way until it was in a >> position to supplant the current ports. >> >> -Mark. >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms of use : http://incubator.apache.org/harmony/mailing.html To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
