Java 6: Java kernel available?

[Phil Race]

PS it was pointed out to me that there may be some changes in
the hotspot source tree for kernel to address classloading and
library loading but I don't know anything about hotspot internals
so can't be more specific.

-phil.

Phil Race wrote:
> The Java Kernel is an installation technology. Its not part of the 
> OpenJDK sources.
> i.e it doesn't (SFAIK) touch anything in the JDK source tree, so you 
> won't see
> any changes there.
> 
> -phil.
> 
> Ted Neward wrote:
>> True, but I was worried that Googling "Java kernel" would yield up 
>> tons of old JavaOS and JavaCPU pages. :-)
>>
>> Still, I wonder about this componentization of the JRE that Chet's 
>> alluding to--where is this work taking place, and is it being 
>> reflected in what we see in the OpenJDK builds? I'm curious to see how 
>> it's progressing (and potentially affecting the JVM as a whole...).
>>
>> Ted Neward
>> Java, .NET, XML Services
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>>  
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Volker Simonis [mailto:volker.simonis at gmail.com]
>>> Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 12:46 AM
>>> To: Ted Neward
>>> Cc: alexanderschunk at t-online.de; build-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>> Subject: Re: Java 6: Java kernel available?
>>>
>>> google is your friend :)
>>>
>>> http://weblogs.java.net/blog/enicholas/archive/2006/09/java_browser_ed.
>>> html
>>>
>>> On 8/23/07, Ted Neward <ted at tedneward.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here's a dumb question: what's Java kernel?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ted Neward
>>>>
>>>> Java, .NET, XML Services
>>>>
>>>> Consulting, Teaching, Speaking, Writing
>>>>
>>>> http://www.tedneward.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: build-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net
>>>> [mailto:build-dev-bounces at openjdk.java.net] On Behalf Of
>>>> alexanderschunk at t-online.de
>>>>  Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 11:24 AM
>>>>  To: build-dev at openjdk.java.net
>>>>  Subject: Java 6: Java kernel available?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> i am not sure about this but there was a tiny blog today stating that
>>> Java
>>>> kernel is ready for production and to be released with Java 6u4
>>> update?
>>>>  Anyone a prooven information about this?
>>>>
>>>>  If its right then i think this is pretty cool.
>>>>
>>>>  - Best Alex
>>>>
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