On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Bernd Fondermann <bernd.fonderm...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 16:19, Bernd Fondermann > <bernd.fonderm...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 15:27, Adrian A. <a.adrian.t...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Many mail servers run headless in a lights out datacenter. >>>> The probability that I'd ever be able to use a Swing-James-Admin UI is >>>> very very small. >>> >>> Not quite :). >>> >>> Also even if the server is headless, it can handle Swing and AWT, Java2D: >>> everything. E.g. for tomcat, you need the: >>> java.awt.headless=true >>> property for it. >> >> I know. Yet, I'll never gonna be trying. >> >>> The Swing Client runs on the client with JNLP - Just like any browser. >> >> I'd never be touching this client. I'd very much prefer a web GUI. >> Even if this Swing app would play vintage vinyl jazz records for me, I >> wouldn't care. - Ok, maybe *then* I would. I would listen to it, but >> use the web GUI for administration instead. >> >>>> And I think you're not right saying that every Java comes with Swing, BTW. >>> Every Java required to run JAMES also has Swing. >> >> But this is not necessarily true in the future. > > And honestly, I can't think of any student wanting to code a Swing app at > GSoC. > But you'll never know, they hack on the obscurest things...
i recommend asking the student just to replace RemoteManager with a more modern and capable framework capable of self-description then fitting JSON and shell interfaces. this wouldn't be as much work as it sounds but would give much more function than either a tightly coupled swing or webui. - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: server-dev-unsubscr...@james.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: server-dev-h...@james.apache.org
