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OpenJDK in Ubuntu Hardy Heron
2008/4/24 10:42 · Permalink · Comments [2]
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS was released earlier today, complete with a set of packages based on OpenJDK 6. [Read More]
When planets collide
2008/4/23 21:11 · Permalink · Comments [0]
Sometimes expanding the universe requires smashing planets together. [Read More]
First non-Sun participant voted into OpenJDK Membership
2008/3/18 22:38 · Permalink · Comments [2]
Welcome (back), Neal! [Read More]
Slides from “The State of OpenJDK” @ FOSDEM 2008
2008/2/23 06:37 · Permalink ·
Live from the Free Java Meeting at FOSDEM 2008 … [Read More]
Happy Valentine's Day!
2008/2/14 20:30 · Permalink ·
I ❤ code—and documents too! [Read More]
Slides from “OpenJDK: The First Year” @ JavaPolis 2007
2007/12/18 14:53 · Permalink ·
The slides from my talk last week at JavaPolis 2007. [Read More]
Goodbye TeamWare, hello Mercurial!
2007/12/04 22:15 · Permalink · Comments [6]
The OpenJDK code base for JDK 7 now officially resides in our brand new Mercurial repositories. Life is good! [Read More]
Upcoming gig: JavaPolis 2007
2007/11/08 20:52 · Permalink ·
See you in Antwerp! [Read More]
Upcoming OpenJDK infrastructure projects
2007/11/06 12:23 · Permalink · Comments [3]
The publication last week of our experimental Mercurial repositories heralds the first of many infrastructure projects that we hope to initiate, and in most cases complete, over the next year or so. Herewith an overview of the entire list. [Read More]
Welcome, Red Hat!
2007/11/05 09:40 · Permalink · Comments [1]
This just in … Red Hat has signed both the Sun Contributor Agreement and the OpenJDK Community TCK License. [Read More]
Mercurial rocks!
2007/11/01 09:09 · Permalink · Comments [3]
Whooosh! [Read More]
Publishing code reviews
2007/10/11 11:02 · Permalink · Comments [5]
One of the engineering practices that’s served the JDK development team well for many years now is that of peer-based code reviews. What’s the most expedient way to enable any OpenJDK contributor to publish code-review materials on the open web for all to see? [Read More]
Constitutional conversations commence
2007/10/04 12:06 · Permalink ·
The OpenJDK Governance Board held its first two meetings this past July. The minutes have just been posted; herewith the highlights. [Read More]
OpenJDK Community Cosmology
2007/6/07 22:41 · Permalink ·
Every community needs a creation myth. Here’s ours. [Read More]
Slides from “OpenJDK Project Report” @ JavaOne 2007
2007/6/04 13:12 · Permalink ·
I’ve posted the slides from my JavaOne talk. [Read More]
Roll credits!
2007/5/16 13:46 · Permalink · Comments [2]
This source code brought to you by … [Read More]
The OpenJDK Charter
2007/5/09 17:11 · Permalink ·
A signature moment [Read More]
Liftoff!
2007/5/08 11:09 · Permalink · Comments [5]
On our way to escape velocity… [Read More]
Who are you?
2007/4/27 21:08 · Permalink · Comments [5]
Please build and then identify yourself. [Read More]
Video gig
2007/3/14 22:05 · Permalink ·
A quick chat with Simon [Read More]
Linux packaging and Java modules
2007/3/01 23:26 · Permalink · Comments [1]
Modern Linux distributions have powerful tools for managing software packages and their dependencies. Do these tools obviate the need for the Java module system being developed for JSR 277, or can these two kinds of systems somehow work together? [Read More]
OpenJDK @ FOSDEM 2007
2007/2/26 22:29 · Permalink · Comments [1]
Another event that was unthinkable a year ago [Read More]
Flashing past the finish
2006/12/11 03:31 · Permalink · Comments [4]
With thanks to all [Read More]
Behind the scenes
2006/11/16 22:21 · Permalink · Comments [1]
A quick glimpse at just some of what had to be done in order to open-source two major components of a closed-source project. [Read More]
One giant leap, two small steps
2006/11/12 21:01 · Permalink · Comments [11]
Sun is open-sourcing its entire Java stack—ME, SE, and EE—under the GNU General Public License, version 2. You can get the source code for HotSpot and javac in the new OpenJDK project. [Read More]
Weekend hack: Planet JDK upgraded to Atom 1.0
2006/10/01 21:05 · Permalink ·
The simple pleasures of programming [Read More]
Source-code management for an open JDK
2006/9/26 23:06 · Permalink · Comments [15]
The aging source-code management system we’ve been using for the JDK all these years is unsuitable for open development. To which newer system should we migrate as we open-source the code? (Hint: The likely answer involves eighty protons, eighty electrons, and one hundred twenty-one neutrons.) [Read More]
Java SE 6 schedule update
2006/9/04 21:29 · Permalink · Comments [15]
Cantering toward completion [Read More]
Removing features from the Java SE platform
2006/8/29 13:08 · Permalink · Comments [14]
Perhaps the most significant recent change to the JSR 270 specification is the definition—and first application—of a policy for removing existing features. Herewith a bit about the motivation and the details, and why you might not be able to play MIDI sound files out-of-the-box on a future version of the platform. [Read More]
Java SE 6 Release Contents (JSR 270): Public Review
2006/8/29 12:41 · Permalink · Comments [3]
Trotting into the arena [Read More]