> Kevin,
>
> Not that it's entirely a
relevant question, but will the embedded space ever
> more forward
again? At Eclipse we'd argue: if the community cared enough,
>
they'd produce a Foundation 1.2 for Java 5.0. It can't be that hard,
but I
> suppose Sun leaves the community in a straight jacket.
This seems an ideal
> approach for making Java go extinct in the
embedded space. Basing an
> important design decision around
this terribly sad story, seems terribly
> sad. And of course the
target is likely to move by the time the arrow comes
>
close...
>
> You recall there was talk about cross compiling 5.0
code to 1.4? There is a
> "secret flag" already, but I think
that goes against the rules as well. I'm
> not sure the purpose
for such rules. It seems all very wrong...
>
>
Regards,
> Ed
>
>
> Kevin McGuire
wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm a little confused about
what JDK level we said we'd use for e4 work.
>
> In the former
e4-incubator mail list [1] we said, "We'll discuss at the
> summit".
In the summit notes I see lots of discussion [2] but no
>
conclusion. I was not in that session, so perhaps there was a
conclusion
> that I missed/was missed in the notes?
>
> In
doing the recent CSS work I set the dependency as JDK1.5 because
that's
> what I saw in the following projects:
>
org.eclipse.e4.ui.services
>
org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench
>
> Many would like 1.5 for various
reasons (myself included), but as in the
> email below, those in the
embedded space would naturally like something more
> like Foundation
1.1.
>
> We need a definitive answer to avoid costly reworking
of code to a lower JDK
> level.
>
> Regards,
>
Kevin
>
> [1]
>
http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/eclipse-incubator-e4-dev/msg00234.html
>
[2]
http://wiki.eclipse.org/E4/Architectural_Foundations
see "Summit Notes
> for Java 5/supported platforms"
>
>
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> Subject
> [e4-dev] The targets for CSS
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>
>
>
>
>
>
> I have
been trying to get the existing code working with the eRCP
> runtime.
The good news is after a few hours of hacking and commenting
> I was
able to get it working. I am now wondering what are the platform
>
targets for the CSS engine. We can possibly help with the existing
>
code base to complete it and make it compatible with CDC FP 1.1
>
(better yet CLCD 1.1 ) also add eSWT and eJface support. Are those
>
things in the interest and target of the css related work?
>
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> Gorkem
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