JNI Installation Directories (again)
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Hi. Regarding my proposal on Oct 5 for a common JNI library directory, there
don't seem to have been any complaints that I'm aware of.
For this proposal to be implemented, it seems to me it needs:
1) The appropriate additions to java policy;
2) Updates for the various JVMs to include /usr/lib/jni in the default library
search path;
3) Updates for the various JNI packages to place their modules in
/usr/lib/jni.
Particularly (2) and (3) look like they could take some time, so I'd be happy
to begin working on this now.
It seems to me that (3) won't be able to take place until (2) is under control
since we want JNI packages to work once they move their modules to
/usr/lib/jni. I've done all I can with (1), which is to post the proposal to
this list for review and file a wishlist bug against java-common.
So it seems the best thing to do from my (non-JVM-maintainer) perspective is
to start filing wishlist bugs against the various JVMs for (2) and to help
out with corresponding runtime wrapper scripts if necessary. Does anyone
mind if I start on this?
I know the proposal hasn't been accepted into java policy yet; this is why I
plan to file wishlist bugs. The reason I want to start now is that policy
updates seem to take a long time (which I'm not complaining about btw), and
given that nobody seems to have objected to the original proposal it might be
worth starting on (2) now so that, assuming the proposal does get accepted,
the groundwork is ready to begin (3) when the policy update takes place.
Ben.
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