merging the JDK_12_BRANCH back onto the head

[Christoph Toshok]

Now that 0.07 is out (ack, need to update the webpage! :) I'm thinking
of merging the JDK_12_BRANCH back onto the head.  The code there is
faster than what's on the trunk, runs javac from both the JDK1.1
classes.zip and the JDK1.2fcs distribution's .jar files, deals with
exceptions properly, and it doesn't display the javac bug that the
classpath people have been talking about.

of course, there *are* still problems -- the configure script needs some
work to handle a JDK1.1/1.2 install, and we need more native methods
written now than before, and the AWT is further from completion now than
it was before (but given the state before, that's not that bad, I
think.. .:)

thoughts?  I'll start the merge on my local box in a few minutes, and
we'll see where I am at the end of the weekend :)  If it's alright with
everyone, I'll shoot for a monday move to the HEAD.

My vow: The next release of japhar will have no problem running JDK1.1,
JDK1.2, and classpath code, all from the same sourcebase (and hopefully
from the same set of libraries/programs) :).

xtoph

Re: merging the JDK_12_BRANCH back onto the head

[Paul Fisher]

Christoph Toshok <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> the AWT is further from completion now than it was before (but given
> the state before, that's not that bad, I think.. .:)

Um, Chris, are you actually going to implement the native portions of
Java 2D?  Graphics2D objects are not your friends.  I'm currently
wearing my tunnel vision glasses to make sure I don't look at the API
for Java 2D too much (every time I do, I start to go into
convulsions).

Our GTK+ 1.1 AWT peers, minus printing, are almost done.  So, as far
as JDK 1.1 goes, there's no real need to finish up all those native
methods (unless you want Motif support).

If you really want to do native/peer 1.2 AWT stuff, your time might be
better spent hacking on Classpath's AWT.  It looks as though our 1.2
AWT might end up relying on GnomeCanvas, since it already does most of
the fancy features required for Java 2D support.

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Paul Fisher * [EMAIL PROTECTED]