Re: [Jython-dev] (no subject)

[Frank W. <fwi...@gm...>]

On 9/3/07, Frank Wierzbicki <fwi...@gm...> wrote:

> If we make it pluggable the way we do with readline, I'd say we can
> just see where it goes and give it a try.  If it turns out that we
> can't distribute jna.jar -- we can hopefully have simple instructions
> (much simpler than the readline instructions since there is no compile
> step).  Also, if it is written in a pluggable style, we might
> eventually find a BSD licensed jar that we could use instead so that
> distribution ability is unambiguous.
So I took another look at JNA, and it looks like it will need to get
distributed with some os-specific code.  While this doesn't kill the
idea -- I think it puts it squarely into the area of being an optional
plugin, since there will need to be one for each os.

-Frank