Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 20:15:51 +0200 From: K.J.Koster@kpn.com To: inonit@inonit.com Cc: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: A Call to Action for freebsd-java... Message-ID: <59063B5B4D98D311BC0D0001FA7E452205FDA7EE@l04.research.kpn.com>
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Dear David, > > I am very good at *Java*, but adequate at best at C/C++. > > I "know" C/C++, but I don't know how to use debuggers, don't have any > experience making system calls, etc. This kind of hard-core practical > knowledge I imagine is important to what you are working on. > (Stuff like > "run it under gdb and tell me what happens" seems to come up, > but I have > only the vaguest idea what that means and wouldn't know how > to interpret the output.) > There are a number of ways that I believe you (and others) could help. My skillset seems to be close to yours, by the way. I have stated in previous mails what people can do to help. Basically it involves creating detailed problem reports of the existing problems. Another way is to try to reproduce problems that people report and test out various configurations to narrow the search down. Let me suggest another way to help. I have written a number of web pages (http://www.kjkoster.org/java/) with howto's and problem descriptions and porting help. If someone would help me get that text up to date to the current patch sets and expand with descriptions of known problems and remove the problems that have been fixed. I would like my web site to be more up to date and provide useful information for would-be porters. I would like there to be a list of currently known issues with the various JDK's and the status of the current ports on the various platforms. If you are interested, please tell me and we'll work our a way to let you edit my web pages. This would help the porting effort in general, because you'd document the problem that exist The reason why I am not doing these things is simple: lack of time. I have two jobs already. :) Kees Jan ===================================================== You can't have everything. Where would you put it? [Steven Wright] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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