RE: Preparing for 0.06 release

[Mark Wielaard]

Hi,

On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 08:53, Jeroen Frijters wrote:
> Mark Wielaard wrote:
> >   - Is there any progress on the Thread/VMThread split?
> >     Would be nice to get that in, but it will require work to make it
> >     work with the different VMs so it better go in quickly
> >     (today/tomorrow).
> 
> I think it would be good if another VM implemented it, to see if the
> proposed split works there as well (IKVM is already running with it).
> Besides that, VMThread needs to be documented and a NEWS entry needs to
> be written. I've attached the code I've got at the moment.

I won't have time to try it out with another VM at the moment and the
VMThread class really needs documentation (you might be able to lift
some documentation of my old proposal).

> A side question (that's important for deciding whether to include it in
> the 0.06 release), do any VMs use the unmodified reference Thread class?

I believe the kissme VM just uses the vm/reference version of Thread.

But lets decide to get the Thread/VMThread in after the 0.06 release on
Friday. Then We can do it together with a better design for the
SecurityManager/VMSecurityManger thing. It is only four days till the
release if everything goes well. And I want to have the next release a
bit sooner then 6 months (say 3 months if we have enough new stuff).

Cheers,

Mark