Re: [eclipse.org-architecture-council] JSR Proposal: Desktop Application

[Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@xxxxxxx>]

Not sure it’s a bad idea, but I would classify it more as fool hearty. I’m not sure what’s changed in the world since 296 died to think it would succeed this time. This would have been a good idea 10 years ago when we could have standardized the Java community on a single app framework. But now, there aren’t enough desktop or mobile Java apps out there to warrant the investment to move away from existing frameworks. Hell, I worry enough about getting JavaFX finished (and I have to agree with him on that point sadly).

Doug.

From: John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Eclipse Architecture Council <eclipse.org-architecture-council@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, October 31, 2014 at 4:10 AM
To: "mike.milinkovich@xxxxxxxxxxx" <mike.milinkovich@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Eclipse Architecture Council <eclipse.org-architecture-council@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [eclipse.org-architecture-council] JSR Proposal: Desktop Application Framework

Bad idea.

And I'm not seeing a concrete sign of any new JSR. It just looks like a guy with a blog who has his own app framework talking about proposing one. The only JSR mentioned is 296, which is dead. Is there a new JSR number?

John




From:        Mike Milinkovich <mike.milinkovich@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date:        10/30/2014 04:33 AM
Subject:        [eclipse.org-architecture-council] JSR Proposal: Desktop        Application Framework
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I thought many people here would be interested in knowing that there is
a new attempt to create a Java standard for desktop applications. The
link below explains the reasoning, and mentions Eclipse 4 and SWT
several times.

Anyone have an opinion on whether this is a good thing or a bad thing?
If anyone wants to get involved in the expert group, please let me know.

http://jroller.com/aalmiray/

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