I’ve followed up with Ian on our conversation at IndyJUG with an e-mail describing why I (we?) don’t know where to start with OpenJDK and attempting a platform port.

The basic boiled-down version of the message is:

Last time we quit hearing from Sun.

This time, the OpenJDK project isn’t really set up to facilitate platform ports. It’s setup to facilitate small contributions, enhancements, and bug fixes. Our changes won’t be isolated to one small slice of the pie — we want to make _additions_ to vast parts of the code-base that spans all their nice little ‘project groups’.

Apparently he’s started getting this e-mail to make the rounds at Sun — we’ll see where it gets us.

Thanks Ian, all effort is appreciated. I guess now we just need to cross our fingers, and hope for the best.

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