RE: [java-gnome-hackers] points against CNI

[Jeffrey M. <Jeffrey.Morgan@BristolWest.com>]

> There is a major point against CNI that I think we haven't discussed
> before:
> 
> Java programmers know and like java tools.
> 
> These include ant, eclipse, eclipse profiler plugin, java debuggers...
> 
> Most of our users will be java programmers. If they are not 
> then nothing
> good will ever be produced with java-gnome in which case all 
> our efforts
> would be mostly pointless. 
> If we do switch fully to CNI then most of these tools would 
> probably not
> be useful. This means that the entry barrier to using java-gnome is
> increased even further.

ant and eclipse will still work but you would not be able to 
use the java debuggers.  You would have to use gdb instead.

> I'm not trying to say we shouldn't switch to CNI, I just think we need
> to take longer to decide about it. What do you think?

You are absolutely right Mark.  This decision will impact the future
of this project.  Essentially what we are doing is trying to answer
the question of what role java-gnome will fill in the future.  We
need to thoroughly debate this prior to any move.

-Jeff






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