[Java-gnome-developer] Java-GNOME thoughts

[Elias M. <el...@al...>]

I'm pretty new to this mailing list, and I suspect that this has been
discussed before. If so, I apologise.

I have been working with Java for a very long time, almost since its
inception, and I think Java-GNOME is on to something here. 

I feel that Java-GNOME is not a UI-toolkit for Java, but rather
Java-GNOME making Java a language for GNOME. Or to put it in other
words: You don't generally consider Java-GNOME as the primary UI for
your Java app, but you should seriously consider Java as a language when
developing a GNOME application.

Now for my thoughts: Imagine I decided to write a new GNOME application
that would be a candidate for inclusion in the GNOME distribution or
GNOME Office for example. Now, how would I go about distributing it
outside of the rather limited Java-GNOME community?

Before the announcement that RedHat Linux were to become Fedora, there
was rumours floating around that they were to include the JDK in the
distribution. This would be amazing since it would provide us with a way
to build RPM's of Java-GNOME application that any user could install and
run.

I assume these things has been discussed before, and I'm very interested
in learning what you came up with. I know C and C++ pretty well, but I
hate them. :-)  Java is really the language I want to use. :-)

Best regards

Elias