Re: Java 6 Open Source Project for Mac OS X Leopard+

From: Q (qdola..mail.com)
Date: Mon Nov 26 2007 - 19:55:58 EST

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    On 27/11/2007, at 10:01 AM, Jerry W. Walker wrote:

    > Are you guys following the recent announcements on the Apple Java-
    > Dev by Landon Fuller and the discussion surrounding them?
    >
    > It's not yet time to push WO or Wonder to Java Version 6, but I'm
    > amazed at his apparent rate of progress.

    Other than a minor speed boost, what Java 6 features are so appealing
    from a WO perspective?

    > Of course, the hard part is integrating the Apple look & feel and he
    > hasn't touched that yet.
    >
    > Here's his latest:
    >
    >
    > Begin forwarded message:
    >> From: Landon Fuller <landon..hreerings.net>
    >> Date: November 26, 2007 4:55:11 PM EST
    >> To: java-de..ists.apple.com
    >> Subject: SoyLatte Project Page
    >>
    >> I've created a proper project page for SoyLatte:
    >> http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/static/soylatte/
    >>
    >> I envision the following "meta-goals" for the project:
    >> * Support for Java 6 Development on Mac OS X 10.4 and 10.5
    >> * OpenJDK support for Java 7 on Mac OS X
    >> * On-time release of Java 7 for Mac OS X, for all recent releases
    >> (>= 10.4) of Mac OS X.
    >>
    >> In support of those goals, I see the following as the first-order
    >> TODO list:
    >> * Integration of Quaqua as an Aqua Look & Feel.
    >> * Native AWT Swing (as opposed to X11).
    >> * Sound support.
    >> * Integration with the Mac OS X certificate store (x509).
    >> * Implement any missing functionality.
    >>
    >> -landonf
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