Backporting JanosVM fixes to Kaffe

[Jim Pick]

On Mon, Mar 18, 2002 at 12:55:30PM -0700, Timothy Stack wrote:
> 
> 
> howdy,
> 
> So, as you might've seen we just released a new version of the JanosVM,
> which is a modded version of Kaffe.  For the most part we haven't changed
> much in the original code base, but there have been a number of fixes and
> added features that would be nice to port back to Kaffe.  Unfortunately, I
> can never find the time to do it all and was wondering if anynoe else
> might want to take up the cause.  Heres a list of some of the fixes:
> 
>   java.security package is up to date enough to run the bouncycastle
>   (www.bouncycastle.org) crypto library.
> 
>   New JAR file reader.
> 
>   Several fixes to satisfy Mauve tests, some of it overlaps with what
>   Mr. Topic has done, but I imagine there are some he hasn't gotten to
>   yet...
> 
>   Optimized the socket receives in unix-jthreads.
> 
>   Several misc. fixes (e.g. checking the return value of malloc).
> 
>   Probably some other stuff I've forgotten.
> 
> I can provide a diff between a recent Kaffe and JanosVM, so it will mostly
> be a matter of pulling out the good stuff and ignoring the rest.

Good stuff.  I'll definitely take a look.  A diff would be nice too.

I grabbed a copy and archived it under ftp.kaffe.org:/pub/packages/janosvm
(so I have a local handy, mostly).

Cheers,

 - Jim