Re: java.util.zip

[Mark Wielaard]

Hi,

On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 12:41:23PM -0300, Elifarley wrote:
> At 
> 
> http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/status.html#java.util.zip
> 
Sorry, those pages are very old. We haven't heard from Loren Peace for
a long time. The current plan is to import the java.util.zip implementation
from libgcj <http://gcc/gnu.org/java/>. The only problem is that the native
part is written in CNI and for Classpath we want (also) a JNI version in
Classpath so VMs that only support JNI can also use it.

Jochen Hoenicke has made a CNI to JNI conversion that can be found at
<http://www.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/~delwi/classpath/JCL/>.
I still have not gotten around to testing and importing it in Classpath.

> I've created java.util.zip.ZipConstants, how can I contribute it to
> Classpath?
Could you compare it to the version in libgcj?

If you want to contribute large (more then 10/20 lines) pieces of code
you do have to sign over your copyright to the FSF. That way all Classpath
code can be legally defended by the FSF.

Thanks,

Mark
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