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Re: [vtp-dev] Merge of jvoicexml and tellme branch
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Dirk -
Feel free to do whatever you want with the Tellme branch. I will be
happy to answer any questions that might arise about it. However, it has
been more than a year since I have even looked at the code, and my
memory gets a bit fuzzy. Let me see if I can give an adequate
description of the current state of affairs:
The Tellme launcher code in the trunk is perfectly OK as it is and can
be included in any build of the project. (At least the code worked OK
last year. Sometimes Skype makes changes that cause troubles, but as far
as I know, that has not happened since 2006.) The reason for creating
changes and the branch of code is that the original code is
Windows-only, depending on a custom DLL that I wrote and which is likely
to be unmaintainable. The original goal of the project was that it be
multi-platform, so I undertook to do that and the result is in the code
branch.
The multi-platform capability is introduced by using portions of the
Skype4Java code that was developed by a Japanese programmer under the
auspices of Skype. The code is on Japanese Sourceforge, and can be found
by linking through the developer portion of the Skype main website. That
code has been quiet for a long time. It was slightly modified by Scott
Lewis of the Eclipse Communication Framework within the past couple of
years. The portion of the Skype4Java code that I used worked very well.
Because the 3rd-party code is now part of the project, the blessings of
the Eclipse Foundation to use the code has to be obtained, and I did not
start that process. Nominally, the Skype4Java code is all released under
the older Common License of Eclipse.
After I got the code working on Windows, I turned to Linux to give it a
try. I am not a Linux guy, and I found getting the needed infrastructure
set up to use Eclipse and Skype was a messy process. When I wanted to
connect to the code repositories, I finally threw up my hands over
getting Subversion to work. There lieth my Linux machine, silently
gathering dust. RIP. That is not to say it wouldn't work, I just don't
have the knowledge or energy to find out. Perhaps you will fare better.
As for Mac, I have no access to an Apple system, and have not yet tried
the software.
My biggest concern for you is how you intend to integrate the launchers
into the overall project. Here's a comment from an email I wrote to this
list on 14 April 2009:
As for my original launcher contribution, it still works as is
discussed in Bug 235044, and can be included in the build as is. Bug
235044 still needs to be fixed in order to resurrect the Run...
menu choice to invoke the launcher after deploying the application. I
am curious how Dirk is integrating his JVoiceXML launcher into
the platform without using Run..., or is he also expecting that Bug
235044 gets fixed?
I never received a reply to my questions, so as far as I know the state
of affairs remains. The launcher is designed to be accessed by means of
the Run... command only. Early on in the development of OpenVXML, the
Run... command was removed, a shortsighted action, I think. Without the
Run... command being restored, the Tellme launcher cannot be used,
except completely outside OpenVXML. I suppose I could have tried to fix
the bug myself, but I just did not have the energy to fight that battle.
If it is only accessed via Run..., and Run... is missing from OpenVXML,
then you might ask "How did you test it on Windows, then?" Since the
launcher depends on nothing inside OpenVXML, the tellme launcher plugin
can be built and used separately. I use it in the Eclipse J2EE
perspective and run as an application. The J2EE perspective does contain
the Run... command, and the launcher proceeds to work. I have never
found a reason to actually use OpenVXML, and I don't keep it on my computer.
I hope this helps,
-- Mike
Dr. Dirk Schnelle-Walka wrote:
Hi all,
currently there are 2 branches of the debug framework: jvoicexml and tellme
In order to prepare an integration into trunk I would like to merge these
two.
Any thought on that?
Dirk
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