Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:29:44 -0400 From: "David P. Caldwell" <inonit@inonit.com> To: "Greg Lewis" <glewis@eyesbeyond.com> Cc: <freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: A Call to Action for freebsd-java... Message-ID: <JIEPJODHFFPGJDGMCPBEEEEHDLAA.inonit@inonit.com> In-Reply-To: <20020628024759.A33080@misty.eyesbeyond.com>
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Greg (et al.): This seems like as good a time to ask as any ... 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.) Presumably there are some people with my skill set laying around. What would be the best way for *us* to help out (if there are any right now)? -- David. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Greg Lewis Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 1:18 PM To: Dylan Carlson Cc: Greg Lewis; Bill Huey; freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A Call to Action for freebsd-java... On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 12:30:53PM -0400, Dylan Carlson wrote: > Fair enough. My last email was not in any way a criticism. You guys are > doing above and beyond. My hunch was that we didn't have many people on the > team to move things along (and I was right). I'm sure most people on this > list who depend on the native JVM probably weren't sure of this either. > Perhaps if this issue (# of committers/size of team) can remain a hot button, I certainly didn't take it as a criticism :). Just explaining the state of play. I may have been doing other committers an injustice, however the only (FreeBSD) one I've heard from lately is Fuyuhiko-san, who had done some tests with HotSpot and had a few small patches I believe. More active developers are always welcome though and would certainly make things easier. > word might circulate, and we can get some more warm bodies added to the > effort. Without at least 2 more people in the mix, my guess is we won't be > making progress. Well, progress will be slow at least :). > I will check around to see if anyone I know can help out. As I said above, extra help is always appreciated :). My only general comments are that people should be prepared to dive in and do some work before they are given repository access (but please try and coordinate whatever you are doing, through me possibly(?)). -- Greg Lewis Email : glewis@eyesbeyond.com Eyes Beyond Web : http://www.eyesbeyond.com Information Technology To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message
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