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On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 03:31:50 +0100, Jools Smyth <bu...@to...> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> What has happened to jamiga ? Is it still being worked on ?
>

Seems so ;)

-- 
Nicolas Mendoza

Hello,

What has happened to jamiga ? Is it still being worked on ?

Best Regards

buzz
-- 
<sb>ExoticA - http://exotica.fix.no

Dear JAmigans,

as some developers have reported problems with compiling the gnu classpat=
h
and the JAmiga addons to it, we now provide a precompiled classpath at th=
e
download section (http://www.jamiga.org/sites/dl.php).

You can use this file to unzip/untar it into the jamiga source folder. It
is produced daily together with the daily source tarball.

Please do not spread this information, as I get to pay for the bandwidth
and the file is quite large (>2.5MB). (i.e. this is for developers only
!!)

Regards,

Peter

Dear JAmigans,

it has been a very long time since our last email. We need to say thank
you to all of you for staying with us and waiting so patiently.

The good news is: JAmiga is still being worked on, we just haven't
communicated very much in the last ... uhm ... 6 Months!

We are however now approaching a state where we feel comfortable about
releasing the next version of JAmiga. As a "preview" for all interested
developers, we now do a daily snapshot of the cvs sources which can be
downloaded from our website (http://www.jamiga.org/sites/dl.php). This is
currently configured to compile on Classic and MorphOS systems. I'm still
waiting for input about AmigaOS 4.0. It should run the classic version
under emulation though.

I want to draw your attention at the changes that will come with the
upcoming version 0.0.5:

The most important part is the (almost complete) implementation of a JNI
Interface. This now allows everyone to write his/her own java native
libraries. (Eventually, we can share the workload that way)
Those libraries are built like regular amiga ".library" files.

Please have a look at the readme before trying. The current compile
process is quite complex.

Regards,

Peter Werno

Dear JAmigans,

we are still busily developing on the next release of JAmiga. As the next
release date is approaching, I'd like to ask for volunteers to test the
next version.
Currently, we can only provide a 68K version, but as usual, we're planning
to release AROS, AOS4, MOS and OS X versions.

If you're interested, please contact me at in...@ja...

Regards,

Peter

Dear JAmigans,

we are proud to announce the release of the latest version alpha 0.0.3 of
the Java Virtual Machine implementation "JAmiga".

This version has been ported to gcc and now comes with some GUI support
that was shown on some earlier screenshots, and the first GUI element, the
Button.

Some test classes are included to show how things work. However, please be
aware that this version is still very unstable and might crash your
machine badly. We are very happy if you send us your bug reports, either
via email or by using our new forum on www.jamiga.org. (best if you supply
some "mungwall/enforcer" information along with your post)

Best regards,

Your JAmiga Team

Hi JAmiga developers,

yesterday, we have finally managed to bring AWT Buttons to JAmiga. We are
currently producing the package for the 0.0.3 release with one or two
button-test classes.
Before the "public" release, I'd like to have it tested on different
configurations. So if you're interested, send me a quick reply. I'm
intending to release 0.0.3 publically on Monday or Tuesday, so you only
have 1 or 2 days for testing!

Ciao,

Peter Werno

Dear JAmigans,

we have slightly changed the mailing lists that we are using on
sourceforge.net.

Previously, we had used this (jamiga-developers) list for sending any kind
of information, including announcements.

In order to streamline the communication, we have added a new mailing list
named jamiga-announce. All announcements (new versions, info, stuff that
we consider as "useful news") will be sent on that new distribution list,
while the "old" list jamiga-developers will be used for development
discussion in the future.

Please use the sourceforge.net website to update your subscription(s). (It
may take a few hours until the new list is accessible from the sourceforge
website. This is something beyond our control, so if you don't get there,
hold yer horses :) )

Best regards,

Peter Werno

PS: Before I forget: We still have that 50Euro bounty open about writing a
JAR/ZIP file reader. Consider signing up for it. Most is actually already
done. All that remains to be done is the deflating algorithm (You will get
two pointers, one points to the compressed data, you need to generate the
uncompressed at the second pointer's position - that's all). You could
even use the zlib sources to achieve this, money easily earned :)
Please don't blindly start coding though, contact us, we send you the
files that everything needs to go in!

PPS: A few days after our last post, we have received another US$55
donations. We will put up a "thank you" site soon, please excuse that this
hasn't happened so far, time is sometimes very rare!

Dear Open Source developer

I am doing a research project on "Fun and Software Development" in which I kindly invite you to participate.
You will find the online survey under http://fasd.ethz.ch/qsf/. The questionnaire consists of 53 questions and you will need about 15 minutes to complete it.

With the FASD project (Fun and Software Development) we want to define the motivational significance of fun when software developers decide to engage in Open Source projects. What is special about our research project is that a similar survey is planned with software developers in commercial firms. This procedure allows the immediate comparison between the involved individuals and the conditions of production of these two development models. Thus we hope to obtain substantial new insights to the phenomenon of Open Source Development.

With many thanks for your participation,
Benno Luthiger

PS:
The results of the survey will be published under http://www.isu.unizh.ch/fuehrung/blprojects/FASD/.
We have set up the mailing list fa...@we... for this study. Please see http://fasd.ethz.ch/qsf/mailinglist_en.html for registration to this mailing list.

_______________________________________________________________________

Benno Luthiger
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
8092 Zurich

Mail: benno.luthiger(at)id.ethz.ch
_______________________________________________________________________
Dear JAmigans,

it's been a long time since our last status email and things have become
very quiet around JAmiga. However, a lot of work was done in the
background. We have meanwhile ported JAmiga so that it can be compiled
with gcc which will open up chances to compile it for other platforms.
While being a major task, for most users no difference between the StormC
and gcc version will be visible.

We are planning to release a new version with the classpath 0.09 fairly
soon, once all classpath-changes have been properly reflected within
JAmiga. Eventually, you may be able to use a few AWT gadgets by then, but
no promise about that :)

*** New JAmiga Forum ***

We now have our "own" Forum on www.jamiga.org which may be used for
chitchat, discussions, requests, etc.

*** First donation arrived ***

Only a few days ago, we have received our first donation -100 EUR- wow.
Thank you very much! We have therefore decided to put up bounties for
certain tasks....

*** Bounty for ZIP File reader ***

This bounty is endowed with EUR 50. It will go to the person that writes a
ZIP Reading "JavaStream" class. Please see our Forum or contact us if
you're willing to help!

best regards,

Peter Werno

Dear JAmigans,

JAmiga had some problems with the CVS Repository since we moved the
repository to our own servers at www.jamiga.org.

If anybody needs/wants access, please let me know individually by sending
an email to me (in...@ja...).

Please be aware that only developers and projects administrators will get
write-access. If you need read-access only, we will provide a generic
read-only account as well.

Regards,

Peter Werno

Hello JAmigans,

I have posted an email of Mark Wielaard (GNU Classpath Project -
http://www.classpath.org) on the JAmiga website. Mark informs about the
current status of the AWT and SWING implementation of GNU classpath.

JAmiga is using its own AWT implementation, so you may skip the part on
GTK. However, it will rely completey on the SWING implementation of the
GNU classpath.

Read it here:

http://www.jamiga.org

Regards,

Peter Werno

PS: Thanks Mark for allowing me to post your mail!

Dear JAmigans,

we have just uploaded three screenshots showing the new features of the
upcoming version 0.0.3.
The screenshots demonstrate some of the AWT Features that write something
to the AWT Window.

Please be patient while waiting for the next release, the work currently
done on JAmiga will require a lot of tests before we are confident to
publish it, so hold 'yer horses!

We'll publish more screenshots as soon as some of the AWT Gadgets are
implemented!

Have a great weekend,

Peter Werno

Dear JAmigans,

we are proud to announce the release of JAmiga 0.0.2 alpha!
The new version features (amongst other improvements):

* JIT now works on "real world" Amigas
* Networking has been implemented (Only TCP Sockets for now though)

A lot of bugs have been fixed thanks to some very active JAmiga users

The AWT Project has only progressed slightly. The included TestFrame class
now also resizes the Window :)

Regards,

Peter Werno

Hello JAmigans,

after releasing the Amiga version 0.0.1, we have now released the MAC
version as well. The Mac version doesn't come with any AWT yet (and may
never do so, depends on the time that we want to spend with it :) ) and it
fails with some Threading calls.

Please report any errors/bugs at the JAmuga sourceforge page
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/jamiga)

Regards,

Peter Werno

Dear JAmigans,

we have just released a new version of JAmiga (Alpha 0.0.1). This is the
first Alpha-Version and should be much more stable than previous releases.
Also, we added the first class that opens an AWT Window (TestFrame.class)
- however, this is about all that will work AWT-wise!!

Some screenshots will follow shortly at http://www.jamiga.org/

Best regards,

Peter Werno

> Anyway, I wish all of you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,

Merry Christmas, Peter and all!  Keep up the good work!

donV

Dear JAmiga friends,

some good news just before christmas: We have finally back-ported JAmiga
from Mac to the Amiga again - and it works just great (even supports
classpath 0.06 and will be ported to 0.07 soon).

Downloads will be available early next year. If we manage to get it done
by then, even with the first AWT-stuff working. So eventually, we'll be
ready just when OS4 ships :)

Anyway, I wish all of you Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year,

Yours,

Peter Werno

Hello JAmigans,

we have finally managed to put the JAmiga website online at
http://www.jamiga.org

It will be filled with content over time, so keep coming back!

Regards,

Peter Werno

Hello JAmigans,

after about 2 months of hard work we are proud to announce the first sneak
preview of JAmiga for Mac OS X. You can download this version within the
0.0.0.0.1 - release on http://sf.net/projects/jamiga

The Mac Version currently is very limited in features compared to the
Amiga version (No JIT, only java.lang-natives). However, it already works
with gnu classpath 0.06 which should soon be ported to the Amiga-version
as well.

Now that we have a Mac version, it shouldn't be long until the first
PPC-JIT engine will be out (obviously cross-compiled for AOS4 and MOS as
well). So stay tuned!

Regards,

Peter Werno

Hi JAmigans,

there is a bug in the currently available (0.0.0.0.1) version of JAmiga
when using the JIT-engine. The "iinc" and the "goto" - opcode is
translated incorrectly. This can cause severe crashes or incorrect
results. There will be a new version available shortly that should fix
those bugs. In the meantime, please use the non-jit version which does
not have these bugs.

Regards,

Peter Werno

Hello JAmigans,

we have just released pre-alpha 0.0.0.0.1 (note there's one zero less
:D )

This is the first version to feature a JIT engine. This first version
will NOT be able to JIT-compile all opcodes, but some smaller methods
should be compiled fine (I may include some tests in a separate tar.gz
later, just try some things for now)

Any developer here is kindly asked to test heavily. A source-tarball is
also included. The most ugly problem I came across I actually require
your help:

src/JIT.cpp

search the "case 0x12 // ldc" - line

The ldc-command wreaks havoc in SOME cases when ldc-ing a String (e.g.
when you try the MathTest-class or the Test-class (both enclosed in any
tarball)
As I spent quite a few days and nights with this, I'll actually give
away a Tomb Raider (1) DVD (german version / RegionCode 2) for the
first one to come up with a solution! (only valid 'til 30-Sep though,
I'll put it on ebay after that :) )

Many thanks,

Peter Werno

Hello JAmigans,

the "Native method How-To" is now available at
http://www.jamiga.org/documents/native.pdf
But be warned, it's full of spelling mistakes :-)

Ciao,

Peter Werno

Hello JAmigans,

two things are currently on my mind about the JAmiga project. I am
quite interested in getting your feedback on these...

1) Native method How-To

I am currently compiling a document that describes how to implement
native methods for JAmiga. As JAmiga currently does not support JNI, a
different approach had to be made for native methods.

This document will give you an overview on how to write the
supplementary C++-classes and how to integrate them into the VM. That
way we should be able to better distribute jobs amongst us and somebody
may actually already start working on a couple of AWT-classes.

I'll post the document on the sourceforge - site when it is ready
(which should still be a few days as I have other things to do first
:-) ) - I'll send out another mail when it is available...

2) Bug-Testing, etc. 

I have seen that nobody so far has downloaded the latest release xxx.6
which should be doing multithreading just fine. HOWEVER, it (multiple
threads) still won't work with sockets for me. I really need your input
if it fails for you as well. Also: Please look at the code (especially
Socket.cpp) if you can find a reason for the problem. It doesn't make
much sense starting anything with GUI before we haven't got threading
working correctly, as GUI will most certainly require threading!

Regards,

Peter Werno

Hello JAmigans,

we have just released version pre-alpha 0.0.0.0.0.6
Though the version-number is still quite low, a lot of packages/native
implementations have been added in this release. Please start testing
it with all kinds of java-stuff that you have (except for applications
that is use AWT or javax.* - stuff, as this is not implemented yet)!

Please report on the sourceforge.net - site if you come across any
problems!

Regards,

Peter

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