Name: tb29552 Date: 01/19/2000


Both 1.2.x and 1.3 beta supply a src.jar that is packaged this way.

I am filing this bug via the web page because I'm currently working
with the NetBeans team and we don't have SWAN access.

The file src.jar would be more useful if the directory structure
within it followed the package conventions. Currently, the top-level
directory in src.jar is src/ which is then followed by the expected
java.lang.XXX or other package specifications. By changing src.jar
to follow package conventions, then src.jar can be used by any tools
that looks inside jar files and expects a package structure. The
most obvious of such tools would be debuggers and compilers as IDE
vendors would benefit the most from this change.

The following is an email exchange I had with Roger Calnan and
Dale McDuffie on this topic:

  Subject: Re: src.jar
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2000 16:10:44 -0800
  From: Dale McDuffie <###@###.###>
Organization: Java Software / Sun Microsystems, Inc.
  To: Evan Adams <###@###.###>
CC: Roger Calnan <###@###.###>
  
I believe it may be - please submit a bug explaining this. We will
review it internally and with the licensee's. If there are no
objectections, then we should do it in the merlin release.

  Category: java
  Subcategory: build

Thanks!

Dale

Evan Adams wrote:
>
> > Evan,
> >
> > for the moment it makes sense to talk to myself and Dale,
> >
> > Roger
> >
> > > The NetBeans guys have a question about how src.jar is organized.
> > > Who is the right person to talk to?
>
> Roger and Dale,
> The netbeans team has asked if the src.jar would be changed
> to remove the leading src/ directory. This way the jar file
> would follow package naming conventions. This would make it
> more immediately usable as it could be used as part of a sourcepath
> for the compiler or a debugger. They are looking at ways to make
> it easier to debug the JDK classes and this would be a step in
> that directory. Is this sort of change possible?
>
> Thanks
> Evan
(Review ID: 100128)
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