[platform-releng-dev] Lining up with other native builds

[Dann Martens <dann@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dear all,

In the context of the ECF project, effort has begun to introduce native 
IPC support to Java. There is some introduction available on the wiki: 
http://wiki.eclipse.org/IPC

This is a continuation of the work already done by Clark Hobbie, who 
started out with a Windows and a Linux implementation. His work is 
called CLIPC and you can find the original project here: 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/clipc/

I've proposed Clark to continue his work under the Eclipse umbrella, 
because:
   (1) this community has experience in building additional components 
for different native platforms (SWT, Equinox Launcher)
   (2) a strong community can increase exposure and applications of 
this library (and staying power)
   (3) increase the amount of supported platforms
(and he agreed ;)

Although this a very special-purpose library, it has potential to 
further improve desktop and o/s integration for the Eclipse IDE.

I'd like to solicit for specifications regarding the way we should 
organize the project, in order to fit in an official Eclipse build, in 
the long run.

The aim is to support all native platforms, supported.

Where can I learn about the way these native builds are done, and who 
should we touch base with?

Best regards,
Dann