I would tend to agree. I want to build a client in java, but I couldn't
care less what was working under the hood. In fact, I doubt it would be
used much. Yeah, I know, java rules, but hear me out. I doubt many people
would install a java server version. If you ran an IT department and had to
choose which one was developed better, which one would you pick? Not
because java is good or bad; just the level of development and debugging
effort.
I could see possibly a full java client that would talk to the server, but
it might be a good idea to wait until the full platform has stabilized
somewhat. Otherwise the java version would be playing catch-up as the main
version changed.
I do think it would be a good idea to have a set of current working java
client wrappers and builds for different platforms. I've been playing
around with svn for a while and I still haven't set up even a basic java
client, mainly because I haven't taken the time to learn swig yet. With
something ready to go I think more folks would get involved.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Greg Stein" <gstein@lyra.org>
To: "Joaquin Salvachua" <jsalvachua@yahoo.es>
Cc: <dev@subversion.tigris.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 5:53 PM
Subject: Re: Java Version
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2002 at 05:47:02PM +0200, Joaquin Salvachua wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I was thinking of a only java version. But, as you
> > mention, a JNI interface to some parts will speed up
> > the process. Later some reengineering and replacement
> > of blocks is possible.
>
> What would be the point of reengineering/replacing? Just so it can be in
> Java? IMO, that is a waste of time. But if you have that time, then please
> feel free :-)
>
> Instead, I think it is much better to have just a single implementation,
and
> then be able to call that from all the languages that people may want to
> use. That includes Java, Python, Perl, Ruby, Tcl, etc.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Greg "Why Do Java People Always Want to Rewrite the World?" Stein
>
> --
> Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/
>
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