Hi, I tried to send this yesterday but there was a problem with the Fedora list servers. Tom -------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Thomas Fitzsimmons <fitzsim@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: fedora-devel-java-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Fedora Core 5 Wishlist > Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:16:31 -0400 > > Hi, > > I've been thinking about my GCJ-related goals for Fedora Core 5, due out > February 2006. Here's a categorized list: > > java-gcj-compat > =============== > > - GNU Crypto fix for Eclipse extssh support: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=146782 > > Casey Marshall has already committed a Diffie-Hellman JCE provider to > GNU Classpath so this is just a matter of testing. > > - import all JAWT fixes: > > All the necessary patches are already in GNU Classpath and libgcj so > this is just a matter of testing that JOGL works properly on our > java-1.4.2-gcj-compat RPM. > > - Jessie merged into GNU Classpath > > - GNU Crypto core algorithms merged into GNU Classpath > > - gjdoc merged into GNU Classpath and thus ... > > - an --enable-javadocs option to libgcj > > - gcjx becomes java-gcj-compat's javac and javah commands: > > Not sure if this one is doable in time; I don't mean full gcjx, just > the bytecode-compiler portion of it split off into a standalone javac > executable. > > - include Tritonus or some sound implementation > > AWT > === > > - ImageMagick backend for ImageIO > > - Graphics/Imaging refactoring for GTK 2.8 and Cairo > > - MegaMek packages in Fedora Extras: > > http://megamek.sourceforge.net/ > > This just involves a few AWT bug fixes now. > > - fix all 1.5 japi issues in the java.awt.* packages > > - fix all 1.5 japi issues in the javax.imageio.* packages > > Swing > ===== > > - RHDB tools in Fedora Extras: > > http://sources.redhat.com/rhdb/administrator.html > > http://sources.redhat.com/rhdb/visualexplain.html > > http://sources.redhat.com/rhdb/controlcenter.html > > This will also require updating these tools to support PostgreSQL 8.0. > > - Limewire in Fedora Extras: > > http://www.limewire.org/ > > It would be absolutely awesome to have this Swing app working on the > free stack but I'm not sure it's doable in the FC5 time frame. Would > anyone like to undertake it? ;-) > > SWT > === > > - Azureus in Fedora Extras: > > http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ > > Again, not sure if this is doable before FC5 but this would be awesome > to have. > > gcjwebplugin > ============ > > - implement and test security features in GNU Classpath to allow running > untrusted bytecode > > It's very unlikely that this one will be finished before FC5 but I'd > like to at least have started the implementation by then. > > I'm hoping this list will inspire some volunteers, especially for the > big apps and GNU Classpath's security framework. Most of these items > are very doable and will greatly improve the free JPackage stack on > Fedora. > > Tom >
