openjdk icedtea javaws

[Adam Domurad]

On 12/07/2012 11:23 AM, Chris H. wrote:
> Many thanks for the reply Jiri
>
> I feel a bit disappointed about that, but at least it explains what I
> thought was going on :-)
>
> I wish I was able to help - I could probably play 'code-robot' and
> code it up (given an agreed design) but I have never worked
> open-source so I have no idea how it all works.

It's rather simple in theory, especially if you're familiar with source 
control. Just 'hg clone' the source with the instructions here: 
http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea-Web#Getting_IcedTea-Web (the 
'bleeding edge' one -- should be stable anyway unless we mess up).

Then, do your changes (the hard part of course!). Once your changes are 
ready do 'hg diff > somefile' to get a patch file, and share it with the 
mailing list.

If/when its accepted, someone will commit it on your behalf. If you feel 
the need you can also ask for commiter privileges, however with just 
some patches here or there its easier to let us commit it.

If you want to ask ITW-related questions, I'm adomurad on #OpenJDK on 
OFTC. I can help with deciding on appropriate design if you do feel like 
doing some coding.

Happy hacking,
-Adam

>
> Hopefully it will get sorted out.
>
> Regards
> BCH
>
> On 7 December 2012 13:50, Jiri Vanek <jvanek at redhat.com> wrote:
>> On 12/07/2012 02:17 PM, Chris H. wrote:
>>> Dear distro-pkg-dev@
>>>
>>> I confess I am unclear if I am writing to the correct group/address to
>>> raise this matter; my apologies if I have got this wrong.
>>> Hopefully someone can let me know where best to send this if it is
>>> incorrectly posted.
>>>
>>> Regarding IcedTea javaws  (latest from repository running on
>>> Suse12.1),   I am concerned to know if it [javaws] operates correctly
>>> (or are there known issues) with regard to:
>>>
>>> - the '-noupdate' switch
>>>
>>> - checking for new versions and only downloading if new versions exist
>>>
>>> My concerns are raised by observing that javaws appears to download
>>> (some, if not all)  files for a webstart app regardless of whether
>>> they are in the cache or not (tested by closing and re-running the app
>>> in close succession and observing the file download graphic/popup) .
>>>
>>> In addition, using the '-verbose' switch (with and without the
>>> '-noupdate')   demonstrates  what looks like logging downloading
>>> operations  ("Status: CONNECTED DOWNLOADED STARTED +(CONNECTED
>>> DOWNLOADED STARTED)")  again regardless of whether file is cached or
>>> not.
>>>
>>> ['-verbose' extract]
>>> "
>>> .
>>> .
>>> normalizing query null in
>>>
>>> http://argouml-downloads.tigris.org/maven2/antlr/antlr/2.7.7-3/antlr-2.7.7-3.jar
>>> Nothing was normalized in this url
>>> not updating:
>>> http://argouml-downloads.tigris.org/maven2/antlr/antlr/2.7.7-3/antlr-2.7.7-3.jar
>>> Status: CONNECTED DOWNLOADED STARTED +(CONNECTED DOWNLOADED STARTED) @
>>> /maven2/antlr/antlr/2.7.7-3/antlr-2.7.7-3.jar
>>> .
>>> .
>>> .
>>> "
>>>
>>> I hope I have explained this well enough for someone to advise and
>>> comment.
>>> Thank you in advance for any help.
>>>
>>> BC Habs
>>>
>> Hi!
>>
>> Yap, You are on best list for this topic :)
>> Thank you for your report, but  I'm afraid it is known issue:(
>> http://icedtea.classpath.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=906
>>
>>
>> You can see - http://icedtea.classpath.org/wiki/IcedTea-Web#IcedTea-Web_2.0
>> -  it is scheduled for remote future:(
>>
>>
>>
>> J.