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Any plans for a BCEL 5.3 release?
Hello,
I'm just wondering if there are any plans for a 5.3 release in the near
future? I am working on Apache Harmony and currently using BCEL 5.2 to
develop pack200, but I would really like to upgrade so that I can use the
Java 5 attribute classes that are missing in 5.2. However the preferred
route in Harmony would be to take a released version if at all possible (or
at least a release candidate). I noticed in the mail archive that there was
talk of producing a release candidate in January or February of this year,
but I can't see anything on the download page, unless I'm missing something.
Thanks in advance,
Sian January
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Re: Any plans for a BCEL 5.3 release?
Posted by Matthew Wilson <mj...@googlemail.com>.
2008/6/16 Sian January <si...@googlemail.com>:
> Is there also a backwards compatability issue with implementors of Visitor
> needing to add some new methods?
>
>
> On 13/06/2008, Dave Brosius <db...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> A potential open issue is that existing user code might be expecting to
>> process 'unknown' attributes, that are now coming in as first class
>> annotations. Therefore that client code will fail until changes are made. I
>> meant to look into this, to see if this was indeed true but haven't gotten
>> to it yet. As long as we document this, i guess it's ok, although maybe
>> folks will be surprised about this change in a point release, i don't know.
>>
>> --dave
I think that there has to be some scope for some API changes that will
break existing code, especially when the visitor pattern has been
applied. In my (limited) experience, most clients extend EmptyVisitor
-- hence they should be protected from the additional method(s) on
Visitor.
I can't really see any other way, apart from doing the same thing that
Sun did with LayoutManager and LayoutManager2 (ouch). In that case,
we'd have to have the Visitor interface as it is now, and then have a
Visitor2 (or something like that) interface. I can't see that being a
maintainable path.
If a client cannot change the code that uses BCEL, then it would make
sense for that client to stay with v5.2.
On a different topic, I've found an issue with MethodGen. I've raised
it as bug #45217. Apologies for the missing description: something
very strange happened as I was typing the summary and description, and
somehow I managed to raise a blank bug report with the summary "L" :-/
I've updated the summary and added a comment that gives the
description.
Kind regards,
Matthew
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Re: Any plans for a BCEL 5.3 release?
Posted by Dave Brosius <db...@apache.org>.
Yes
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sian January" <si...@googlemail.com>
To: "BCEL Users List" <bc...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: Any plans for a BCEL 5.3 release?
> Is there also a backwards compatability issue with implementors of Visitor
> needing to add some new methods?
>
>
> On 13/06/2008, Dave Brosius <db...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> A potential open issue is that existing user code might be expecting to
>> process 'unknown' attributes, that are now coming in as first class
>> annotations. Therefore that client code will fail until changes are made.
>> I
>> meant to look into this, to see if this was indeed true but haven't
>> gotten
>> to it yet. As long as we document this, i guess it's ok, although maybe
>> folks will be surprised about this change in a point release, i don't
>> know.
>>
>> --dave
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin van den Bemt"
>> <ml...@mvdb.net>
>> To: "BCEL Users List" <bc...@jakarta.apache.org>
>> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 7:37 AM
>> Subject: Re: Any plans for a BCEL 5.3 release?
>>
>>
>> Just encouraging people to get involved..
>>> As Simon already said, the resources to review patches are pretty
>>> limited,
>>> so it would be good the
>>> hear on how to suite Apache Harmony the best. What target date do you
>>> have
>>> in mind for the Harmony
>>> release ?
>>>
>>> Mvgr,
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> Sian January wrote:
>>>
>>>> I would certainly be happy to test a release candidcate. Martin, I'm a
>>>> little confused - are you saying you think there's more work needed
>>>> before a
>>>> release candidate could be considered, or just encouraging people to
>>>> get
>>>> involved in general?
>>>>
>>>> Matthew - I think the normal thing for Apache projects is to submit a
>>>> patch
>>>> via JIRA, although anyone else please correct me if that's not the case
>>>> for
>>>> BCEL.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 12/06/2008, Matthew Wilson <mj...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm interested in getting involved with BCEL, particularly if I can
>>>>> help get 5.3 out. I've checked out the head from svn, and have
>>>>> noticed a few things that need fixing. What's the best way I can
>>>>> help? Should I submit a patch?
>>>>>
>>>>> (I'm also subscribed to the dev group.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>> Matthew
>>>>>
>>>>> 2008/6/12 Martin van den Bemt <ml...@mvdb.net>:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I am probabaly not the best person to answer this, since I never have
>>>>>>
>>>>> written any code for bcel.. If
>>>>>
>>>>>> you have any interest to get active on BCEL, that would I think be
>>>>>> great
>>>>>>
>>>>> (Torsten ?)
>>>>>
>>>>>> Mvgr,
>>>>>> Martin
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sian January wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm just wondering if there are any plans for a 5.3 release in the
>>>>>>> near
>>>>>>> future? I am working on Apache Harmony and currently using BCEL 5.2
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> develop pack200, but I would really like to upgrade so that I can
>>>>>>> use
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> the
>>>>>
>>>>>> Java 5 attribute classes that are missing in 5.2. However the
>>>>>>> preferred
>>>>>>> route in Harmony would be to take a released version if at all
>>>>>>> possible
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> (or
>>>>>
>>>>>> at least a release candidate). I noticed in the mail archive that
>>>>>>> there
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> was
>>>>>
>>>>>> talk of producing a release candidate in January or February of this
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> year,
>>>>>
>>>>>> but I can't see anything on the download page, unless I'm missing
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> something.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sian January
>>>>>>>
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Re: Any plans for a BCEL 5.3 release?
Posted by Sian January <si...@googlemail.com>.
Is there also a backwards compatability issue with implementors of Visitor
needing to add some new methods?
On 13/06/2008, Dave Brosius <db...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> A potential open issue is that existing user code might be expecting to
> process 'unknown' attributes, that are now coming in as first class
> annotations. Therefore that client code will fail until changes are made. I
> meant to look into this, to see if this was indeed true but haven't gotten
> to it yet. As long as we document this, i guess it's ok, although maybe
> folks will be surprised about this change in a point release, i don't know.
>
> --dave
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin van den Bemt" <ml...@mvdb.net>
> To: "BCEL Users List" <bc...@jakarta.apache.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 7:37 AM
> Subject: Re: Any plans for a BCEL 5.3 release?
>
>
> Just encouraging people to get involved..
>> As Simon already said, the resources to review patches are pretty limited,
>> so it would be good the
>> hear on how to suite Apache Harmony the best. What target date do you have
>> in mind for the Harmony
>> release ?
>>
>> Mvgr,
>> Martin
>>
>> Sian January wrote:
>>
>>> I would certainly be happy to test a release candidcate. Martin, I'm a
>>> little confused - are you saying you think there's more work needed
>>> before a
>>> release candidate could be considered, or just encouraging people to get
>>> involved in general?
>>>
>>> Matthew - I think the normal thing for Apache projects is to submit a
>>> patch
>>> via JIRA, although anyone else please correct me if that's not the case
>>> for
>>> BCEL.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/06/2008, Matthew Wilson <mj...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello all,
>>>>
>>>> I'm interested in getting involved with BCEL, particularly if I can
>>>> help get 5.3 out. I've checked out the head from svn, and have
>>>> noticed a few things that need fixing. What's the best way I can
>>>> help? Should I submit a patch?
>>>>
>>>> (I'm also subscribed to the dev group.)
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards,
>>>> Matthew
>>>>
>>>> 2008/6/12 Martin van den Bemt <ml...@mvdb.net>:
>>>>
>>>>> I am probabaly not the best person to answer this, since I never have
>>>>>
>>>> written any code for bcel.. If
>>>>
>>>>> you have any interest to get active on BCEL, that would I think be
>>>>> great
>>>>>
>>>> (Torsten ?)
>>>>
>>>>> Mvgr,
>>>>> Martin
>>>>>
>>>>> Sian January wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm just wondering if there are any plans for a 5.3 release in the
>>>>>> near
>>>>>> future? I am working on Apache Harmony and currently using BCEL 5.2
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> develop pack200, but I would really like to upgrade so that I can use
>>>>>>
>>>>> the
>>>>
>>>>> Java 5 attribute classes that are missing in 5.2. However the
>>>>>> preferred
>>>>>> route in Harmony would be to take a released version if at all
>>>>>> possible
>>>>>>
>>>>> (or
>>>>
>>>>> at least a release candidate). I noticed in the mail archive that
>>>>>> there
>>>>>>
>>>>> was
>>>>
>>>>> talk of producing a release candidate in January or February of this
>>>>>>
>>>>> year,
>>>>
>>>>> but I can't see anything on the download page, unless I'm missing
>>>>>>
>>>>> something.
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sian January
>>>>>>
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Re: Any plans for a BCEL 5.3 release?
Posted by Dave Brosius <db...@apache.org>.
A potential open issue is that existing user code might be expecting to
process 'unknown' attributes, that are now coming in as first class
annotations. Therefore that client code will fail until changes are made. I
meant to look into this, to see if this was indeed true but haven't gotten
to it yet. As long as we document this, i guess it's ok, although maybe
folks will be surprised about this change in a point release, i don't know.
--dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin van den Bemt" <ml...@mvdb.net>
To: "BCEL Users List" <bc...@jakarta.apache.org>
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 7:37 AM
Subject: Re: Any plans for a BCEL 5.3 release?
> Just encouraging people to get involved..
> As Simon already said, the resources to review patches are pretty limited,
> so it would be good the
> hear on how to suite Apache Harmony the best. What target date do you have
> in mind for the Harmony
> release ?
>
> Mvgr,
> Martin
>
> Sian January wrote:
>> I would certainly be happy to test a release candidcate. Martin, I'm a
>> little confused - are you saying you think there's more work needed
>> before a
>> release candidate could be considered, or just encouraging people to get
>> involved in general?
>>
>> Matthew - I think the normal thing for Apache projects is to submit a
>> patch
>> via JIRA, although anyone else please correct me if that's not the case
>> for
>> BCEL.
>>
>>
>> On 12/06/2008, Matthew Wilson <mj...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I'm interested in getting involved with BCEL, particularly if I can
>>> help get 5.3 out. I've checked out the head from svn, and have
>>> noticed a few things that need fixing. What's the best way I can
>>> help? Should I submit a patch?
>>>
>>> (I'm also subscribed to the dev group.)
>>>
>>> Kind regards,
>>> Matthew
>>>
>>> 2008/6/12 Martin van den Bemt <ml...@mvdb.net>:
>>>> I am probabaly not the best person to answer this, since I never have
>>> written any code for bcel.. If
>>>> you have any interest to get active on BCEL, that would I think be
>>>> great
>>> (Torsten ?)
>>>> Mvgr,
>>>> Martin
>>>>
>>>> Sian January wrote:
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm just wondering if there are any plans for a 5.3 release in the
>>>>> near
>>>>> future? I am working on Apache Harmony and currently using BCEL 5.2
>>>>> to
>>>>> develop pack200, but I would really like to upgrade so that I can use
>>> the
>>>>> Java 5 attribute classes that are missing in 5.2. However the
>>>>> preferred
>>>>> route in Harmony would be to take a released version if at all
>>>>> possible
>>> (or
>>>>> at least a release candidate). I noticed in the mail archive that
>>>>> there
>>> was
>>>>> talk of producing a release candidate in January or February of this
>>> year,
>>>>> but I can't see anything on the download page, unless I'm missing
>>> something.
>>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>>
>>>>> Sian January
>>>>>
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Re: Any plans for a BCEL 5.3 release?
Posted by Martin van den Bemt <ml...@mvdb.net>.
Sian January wrote:
> I am a committer and on the PMC for Harmony, although FYI - it's "she" not
> "he" :-)
Ouch :( Good to know that there are more women at Apache than I thougth ;)
Mvgr,
Martin
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Re: Any plans for a BCEL 5.3 release?
Posted by Sian January <si...@googlemail.com>.
For Harmony there isn't a particular target date for a full release yet,
although M7 will be in about 2 months. However the code I'm writing at the
moment is being committed incrementally, so the sooner the better from my
point of view so that I can write the code that needs the new BCEL APIs.
I am a committer and on the PMC for Harmony, although FYI - it's "she" not
"he" :-)
On 13/06/2008, Martin van den Bemt <ml...@mvdb.net> wrote:
>
> He is committer and PMC of Harmony indeed.. I don't have any problems
> making him a committer on BCEL
> (already checked if this could be viable solution).
>
> Don't know how well the BCEL release rules / quality rules are documented,
> but else we probably need
> to see if we can make a list of best practices (the only one technical that
> comes to mind is
> backward compatibility).
>
> Mvgr,
> Martin
>
> simon.kitching@chello.at wrote:
> > Martin van den Bemt schrieb:
> >> Just encouraging people to get involved..
> >> As Simon already said, the resources to review patches are pretty
> limited, so it would be good the
> >> hear on how to suite Apache Harmony the best. What target date do you
> have in mind for the Harmony
> >> release ?
> >>
> >
> > Sian: by the way, I presume you are a committer on Harmony? If so, one
> > option might be to just give you commit access. If you're qualified to
> > commit to Harmony that's good enough for me. If you can get one or two
> > other Harmony people involved that would be even better as you can then
> > review each others patches.
> >
> > I can spare *some* time to check a release, and maybe even do the actual
> > release if you can organise the rest (get things into RC-ready state).
> >
> > Of course it would be better to get Torsten's opinion on that; I hope
> > he's not too far away.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Simon
> >
> >
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Re: Any plans for a BCEL 5.3 release?
Posted by Martin van den Bemt <ml...@mvdb.net>.
He is committer and PMC of Harmony indeed.. I don't have any problems making him a committer on BCEL
(already checked if this could be viable solution).
Don't know how well the BCEL release rules / quality rules are documented, but else we probably need
to see if we can make a list of best practices (the only one technical that comes to mind is
backward compatibility).
Mvgr,
Martin
simon.kitching@chello.at wrote:
> Martin van den Bemt schrieb:
>> Just encouraging people to get involved..
>> As Simon already said, the resources to review patches are pretty limited, so it would be good the
>> hear on how to suite Apache Harmony the best. What target date do you have in mind for the Harmony
>> release ?
>>
>
> Sian: by the way, I presume you are a committer on Harmony? If so, one
> option might be to just give you commit access. If you're qualified to
> commit to Harmony that's good enough for me. If you can get one or two
> other Harmony people involved that would be even better as you can then
> review each others patches.
>
> I can spare *some* time to check a release, and maybe even do the actual
> release if you can organise the rest (get things into RC-ready state).
>
> Of course it would be better to get Torsten's opinion on that; I hope
> he's not too far away.
>
> Regards,
> Simon
>
>
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Re: Any plans for a BCEL 5.3 release?
Posted by "simon.kitching@chello.at" <si...@chello.at>.
Martin van den Bemt schrieb:
> Just encouraging people to get involved..
> As Simon already said, the resources to review patches are pretty limited, so it would be good the
> hear on how to suite Apache Harmony the best. What target date do you have in mind for the Harmony
> release ?
>
Sian: by the way, I presume you are a committer on Harmony? If so, one
option might be to just give you commit access. If you're qualified to
commit to Harmony that's good enough for me. If you can get one or two
other Harmony people involved that would be even better as you can then
review each others patches.
I can spare *some* time to check a release, and maybe even do the actual
release if you can organise the rest (get things into RC-ready state).
Of course it would be better to get Torsten's opinion on that; I hope
he's not too far away.
Regards,
Simon
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Re: Any plans for a BCEL 5.3 release?
Posted by Martin van den Bemt <ml...@mvdb.net>.
Just encouraging people to get involved..
As Simon already said, the resources to review patches are pretty limited, so it would be good the
hear on how to suite Apache Harmony the best. What target date do you have in mind for the Harmony
release ?
Mvgr,
Martin
Sian January wrote:
> I would certainly be happy to test a release candidcate. Martin, I'm a
> little confused - are you saying you think there's more work needed before a
> release candidate could be considered, or just encouraging people to get
> involved in general?
>
> Matthew - I think the normal thing for Apache projects is to submit a patch
> via JIRA, although anyone else please correct me if that's not the case for
> BCEL.
>
>
> On 12/06/2008, Matthew Wilson <mj...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm interested in getting involved with BCEL, particularly if I can
>> help get 5.3 out. I've checked out the head from svn, and have
>> noticed a few things that need fixing. What's the best way I can
>> help? Should I submit a patch?
>>
>> (I'm also subscribed to the dev group.)
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Matthew
>>
>> 2008/6/12 Martin van den Bemt <ml...@mvdb.net>:
>>> I am probabaly not the best person to answer this, since I never have
>> written any code for bcel.. If
>>> you have any interest to get active on BCEL, that would I think be great
>> (Torsten ?)
>>> Mvgr,
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> Sian January wrote:
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I'm just wondering if there are any plans for a 5.3 release in the near
>>>> future? I am working on Apache Harmony and currently using BCEL 5.2 to
>>>> develop pack200, but I would really like to upgrade so that I can use
>> the
>>>> Java 5 attribute classes that are missing in 5.2. However the preferred
>>>> route in Harmony would be to take a released version if at all possible
>> (or
>>>> at least a release candidate). I noticed in the mail archive that there
>> was
>>>> talk of producing a release candidate in January or February of this
>> year,
>>>> but I can't see anything on the download page, unless I'm missing
>> something.
>>>> Thanks in advance,
>>>>
>>>> Sian January
>>>>
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Re: Any plans for a BCEL 5.3 release?
Posted by "simon.kitching@chello.at" <si...@chello.at>.
Hi All,
Torsten is the person who is most involved in BCEL maintenance. But it
appears that he's not around at the moment. Hopefully he will pop up
sometime soon.
There was an attempt to get a BCEL release out, but there wasn't
sufficient interest, particularly from testers. So nothing happened.
BCEL isn't quite dead, but is very quiet. Torsten is the only person who
actually reviews and commits patches. I should also be doing it, but am
rather overloaded at the moment. So for people who are interested in
seeing some activity in BCEL, I suggest sending an email to the list
every week or two, just in case it pushes somebody into action. However
without an Apache committer who has time to review and commit patches
there isn't a whole lot of point in spending a lot of your time on this.
Regards,
Simon
Sian January schrieb:
> I would certainly be happy to test a release candidcate. Martin, I'm a
> little confused - are you saying you think there's more work needed before a
> release candidate could be considered, or just encouraging people to get
> involved in general?
>
> Matthew - I think the normal thing for Apache projects is to submit a patch
> via JIRA, although anyone else please correct me if that's not the case for
> BCEL.
>
>
> On 12/06/2008, Matthew Wilson <mj...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I'm interested in getting involved with BCEL, particularly if I can
>> help get 5.3 out. I've checked out the head from svn, and have
>> noticed a few things that need fixing. What's the best way I can
>> help? Should I submit a patch?
>>
>> (I'm also subscribed to the dev group.)
>>
>> Kind regards,
>> Matthew
>>
>> 2008/6/12 Martin van den Bemt <ml...@mvdb.net>:
>>
>>> I am probabaly not the best person to answer this, since I never have
>>>
>> written any code for bcel.. If
>>
>>> you have any interest to get active on BCEL, that would I think be great
>>>
>> (Torsten ?)
>>
>>> Mvgr,
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> Sian January wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I'm just wondering if there are any plans for a 5.3 release in the near
>>>> future? I am working on Apache Harmony and currently using BCEL 5.2 to
>>>> develop pack200, but I would really like to upgrade so that I can use
>>>>
>> the
>>
>>>> Java 5 attribute classes that are missing in 5.2. However the preferred
>>>> route in Harmony would be to take a released version if at all possible
>>>>
>> (or
>>
>>>> at least a release candidate). I noticed in the mail archive that there
>>>>
>> was
>>
>>>> talk of producing a release candidate in January or February of this
>>>>
>> year,
>>
>>>> but I can't see anything on the download page, unless I'm missing
>>>>
>> something.
>>
>
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Re: Any plans for a BCEL 5.3 release?
Posted by Sian January <si...@googlemail.com>.
I would certainly be happy to test a release candidcate. Martin, I'm a
little confused - are you saying you think there's more work needed before a
release candidate could be considered, or just encouraging people to get
involved in general?
Matthew - I think the normal thing for Apache projects is to submit a patch
via JIRA, although anyone else please correct me if that's not the case for
BCEL.
On 12/06/2008, Matthew Wilson <mj...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I'm interested in getting involved with BCEL, particularly if I can
> help get 5.3 out. I've checked out the head from svn, and have
> noticed a few things that need fixing. What's the best way I can
> help? Should I submit a patch?
>
> (I'm also subscribed to the dev group.)
>
> Kind regards,
> Matthew
>
> 2008/6/12 Martin van den Bemt <ml...@mvdb.net>:
> > I am probabaly not the best person to answer this, since I never have
> written any code for bcel.. If
> > you have any interest to get active on BCEL, that would I think be great
> (Torsten ?)
> >
> > Mvgr,
> > Martin
> >
> > Sian January wrote:
> >> Hello,
> >>
> >> I'm just wondering if there are any plans for a 5.3 release in the near
> >> future? I am working on Apache Harmony and currently using BCEL 5.2 to
> >> develop pack200, but I would really like to upgrade so that I can use
> the
> >> Java 5 attribute classes that are missing in 5.2. However the preferred
> >> route in Harmony would be to take a released version if at all possible
> (or
> >> at least a release candidate). I noticed in the mail archive that there
> was
> >> talk of producing a release candidate in January or February of this
> year,
> >> but I can't see anything on the download page, unless I'm missing
> something.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance,
> >>
> >> Sian January
> >>
> >
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Re: Any plans for a BCEL 5.3 release?
Posted by Matthew Wilson <mj...@googlemail.com>.
Hello all,
I'm interested in getting involved with BCEL, particularly if I can
help get 5.3 out. I've checked out the head from svn, and have
noticed a few things that need fixing. What's the best way I can
help? Should I submit a patch?
(I'm also subscribed to the dev group.)
Kind regards,
Matthew
2008/6/12 Martin van den Bemt <ml...@mvdb.net>:
> I am probabaly not the best person to answer this, since I never have written any code for bcel.. If
> you have any interest to get active on BCEL, that would I think be great (Torsten ?)
>
> Mvgr,
> Martin
>
> Sian January wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm just wondering if there are any plans for a 5.3 release in the near
>> future? I am working on Apache Harmony and currently using BCEL 5.2 to
>> develop pack200, but I would really like to upgrade so that I can use the
>> Java 5 attribute classes that are missing in 5.2. However the preferred
>> route in Harmony would be to take a released version if at all possible (or
>> at least a release candidate). I noticed in the mail archive that there was
>> talk of producing a release candidate in January or February of this year,
>> but I can't see anything on the download page, unless I'm missing something.
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Sian January
>>
>
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Re: Any plans for a BCEL 5.3 release?
Posted by Martin van den Bemt <ml...@mvdb.net>.
I am probabaly not the best person to answer this, since I never have written any code for bcel.. If
you have any interest to get active on BCEL, that would I think be great (Torsten ?)
Mvgr,
Martin
Sian January wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm just wondering if there are any plans for a 5.3 release in the near
> future? I am working on Apache Harmony and currently using BCEL 5.2 to
> develop pack200, but I would really like to upgrade so that I can use the
> Java 5 attribute classes that are missing in 5.2. However the preferred
> route in Harmony would be to take a released version if at all possible (or
> at least a release candidate). I noticed in the mail archive that there was
> talk of producing a release candidate in January or February of this year,
> but I can't see anything on the download page, unless I'm missing something.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Sian January
>
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