Re: GNU Classpath 0.12, ..., 1.0

[Stuart Ballard]

[forgot to CC the list on this first time around]

Mark Wielaard wrote:
> To focus more on working towards a 1.0 I want to start to make monthly
> releases. 0.13 start of December, 0.14 start of January and 0.15 start
> of February. The 0.13 release will be the cut-off date for new
> packages/classes (we will finally include GNU JAXP by then), 0.14 is

Just to give those of us on the "outside" a better picture, what are the
roadblocks to including JAXP that cause it to be scheduled so far away?
My personal interest, beyond the obvious (seeing Free Java be as good as
it can be), is in seeing the japitools results be an accurate reflection
of what the actual state of Free Java is.

Currently libgcj's japi file includes Apache's JAXP implementation and
JacORB's CORBA packages. Kaffe provides a file that includes JAXP from
somewhere (I don't know where), JacORB and Tritonus for sound. Classpath
doesn't provide any of these APIs but does seem to do somewhat better as
far as the "greenness" of the APIs it does support. Thus none of the
japi results available right now give a true picture of how close we
really are. (Kaffe+JacORB is closest and amazingly indicates 80% of 1.4!)

I'd like for Classpath 1.0 to include as much of the core API as is
available in Free implementations: Classpath, IMHO, should be a "one
stop shop" for an implementation of the Java Platform APIs. So in my
opinion (for what little it's worth) getting JAXP integrated and seeing
if there's any way to integrate Tritonus and some Free CORBA
implementation are all highly desirable goals for 1.0.

Stuart.

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