Problems merging DNS JNDI code

Wed Feb 20 10:25:00 GMT 2002

>>>>> "Pete" == Pete Chown <Pete.Chown@skygate.co.uk> writes:

Pete> BTW, is there a "roadmap" for libjava anywhere? I would be
Pete> interested to know what the long term plan is. Is the intention
Pete> to try to keep up with Sun in adding new APIs, or is there some
Pete> other target?
There isn't a written-down roadmap. I'm pretty sure all the
developers have ideas about what they want to see though.
Compatibility with Sun is important. Unfortunately they have more
manpower than we do, so we can never really be current.
As far as what gets worked on next, it depends a lot on individual
choice. I personally either work on what Red Hat wants (i.e., when we
have a contract for gcj work), or on what I think is most interesting
and/or important according to my own internal metrics. So it is
basically unpredictable.
Pete> I think it is a worry that so much free software has been
Pete> written for Java which is not itself free.
Me too.
Pete> With this in mind it would be nice if there was a clearly
Pete> specified alternative. It would be nice to say, "Write to this
Pete> spec and your software will work with gcj and free JVMs X and
Pete> Y."
Yes. We do aim to be the best, most complete free software Java
implementation. And I think we're already pretty far towards that
goal.
Tom