Bug in Java2D (while running JFreeChart demo)

[David Gilbert <da...@object-refinery.com>]

There is a bug in Harmony's BasicStroke implementation that causes an  
exception while running DialDemo2.java from the JFreeChart demo  
collection.  There are some details in this blog entry I posted:

http://www.jroller.com/dgilbert/entry/apache_harmony_and_jfreechart

I'll be honest - I think you have a *lot* of work to do before anyone  
would consider using Harmony's Java2D and/or Swing implementations in  
production systems.  And yet the public perception seems to be that  
Harmony is ready and waiting?  Well, that's been the perception of a  
couple of my clients at least, and I've had to put them straight.  A  
five minute demo did that pretty effectively.  I think your marketing  
is getting ahead of your engineering.

Regards,

Dave Gilbert
http://www.jfree.org/

Re: Bug in Java2D (while running JFreeChart demo)

[Tim Ellison <t....@gmail.com>]

On 07/Jul/2009 08:44, David Gilbert wrote:
> There is a bug in Harmony's BasicStroke implementation that causes an
> exception while running DialDemo2.java from the JFreeChart demo
> collection.  There are some details in this blog entry I posted:
> 
> http://www.jroller.com/dgilbert/entry/apache_harmony_and_jfreechart

Ok, it might not get noticed unless there is a JIRA opened for it.

> I'll be honest - I think you have a *lot* of work to do before anyone
> would consider using Harmony's Java2D and/or Swing implementations in
> production systems.  And yet the public perception seems to be that
> Harmony is ready and waiting?  Well, that's been the perception of a
> couple of my clients at least, and I've had to put them straight.  A
> five minute demo did that pretty effectively.  I think your marketing is
> getting ahead of your engineering.

There has been little activity around fixing the Java2D and Swing code
for a while, which clearly reflects the current interests of the group.
 I can only speculate about why that is the case.

However, there is vibrant activity and interest in other areas and those
are getting used in various "production systems".  So if you are saying
that there is work to do, then "yes!", of course, and people who want to
participate by submitting bug reports and patches are most welcome.

Regards,
Tim