Grant,
Thanks for the response. Before
delving into code, I just wanted to add changes to the build to support Solx86
out of the box. I’ve already built on Solaris 9 x86 and it was a
bit involved. I don’t think very many if any at all SWT changes may
be required to support it. I really cannot tell from the bugs I’ve
seen on the x86 build if they are due to build issues, missing java code or due
to SWT code. I would suspect the build first, the java code second and the swt code
last. The compile went flawlessly for the swt shared lib.
Also perhaps we can look at using GTK for
SWT on Solaris x86. At this point I have no idea of what this would
involve. I would gladly contribute to it.
The bottom line is I need a contact to rev
up and begin producing something for getting the port to solx86 out
there. If this person could help me interpret where to focus and give a
pointer or two I could save a lot of time just focusing on the necessary fixes.
The bare minimum functionality for eclipse looks great on Solaris x86. I
could setup my projects and compile. The problems were minor in nature
but prevalent with features and plugins.
I will try factoring in the Solaris x86 side
of the compile into the ant build scripts first. Then I think I can
slowly work my way towards going into the individual feature that are not going
so well putting in bug reports for each problem. This way we can track it
and I can have collaboration. I can take screenshots of graphical issues
to report problems. Perhaps the best approach would be to manage this
branch on sourceforge for now. What do you recommend?
I really love eclipse – and I really
love Solaris. I’m too poor to afford a good sparc wks so I have no
choice but to make it work.
Thanks,
Alex
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From:
platform-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:platform-dev-admin@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grant Gayed
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003
1:41 PM
To: platform-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [platform-dev]
Building on Solaris x86
Hi Alex,
Since
Solaris-x86 is not a supported platform, we don't test on it or even have such
a setup here. However, if there are swt changes that can be made to make
Solaris-x86 work better without compromising the other motif platforms then
these would be considered. One such recent example is
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=41968 . What you can do is:
-
for each problem log a separate bug report with Platform - SWT, and make sure
to specify Solaris9-x86 as your platform
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if you have a patch then attach it to the report, branched off the 3.0 code
base is preferrable
-
if the problem is specific to Solaris 9-x86 then you'll be asked to verify the
final fix before it's committed to HEAD; if the problem is not specific to your
platform then we can test it
Grant
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Building on Solaris x86
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Hello,
I
looked at a few trials on building eclipse for Solaris x86. I followed
the directions but some files seemed to be missing anyway I got it working and
fired eclipse up. It was a mess and had problems – several parts
did not function properly. I would like to officially contribute and work
out a build for Solaris on Intel instead of others having to go through my
pain. Perhaps by donating my time the eclipse folks can help me out in
achieving the goal.
I’m
not asking for commit privs into CVS or anything like that - I can just email
any build changes to someone on the team. Do I have someone to sponsor
me? I really want eclipse to work like a champion on solaris intel.
Alex