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Re: lock/unlock filechannel Win32 implementation


David Daney writes:
 > Marco Trudel wrote:
 > >
 > > In order to get the patch into GCJ, you will have to make copyright 
 > > assignment and then someone has to commit it for you.
 > > Unfortunately the only one that seems to care about such things (Tom 
 > > Tromey) is away for a month.

I am here.  I care.

 > Not quite true, we do care.  Tom being the maintainer may care slightly 
 > more, but he also has somewhat of an obligation to improve all aspects 
 > of libgcj.  I am slightly reluctant to commit code that I cannot test, 
 > but I suppose that is not a good excuse.
 > 
 > > So you will have to wait for him to come back (I'm already sitting on 
 > > 8 fixes that do not find it's way into GCJ because no one commits 
 > > them). Or is there someone else that might give a little help here? 
 > > Please!

The trunk is now open for commits.

Please forward a list of these patches, and I'll look at them.  I
don't want to commit patches I can't test, but I am very eager to have
you helping: we desperately need a Windows gcj mainatiner.

Marco, I will do what I can to get you the help that you need.

 > > Anyway, I included your patch in my newest built that I will release 
 > > quite soon (locking didn't work before, so it only can get better or 
 > > stay useless).

 > If you have that many patches, and plan on contributing more,
 > perhaps you should have commit rights so that you can commit them
 > yourself.  We really do want people that are working on the Win32
 > port to contribute more.  However there are (and rightly so in my
 > opinion) some low hurdles you have jump over in order to get svn
 > write access.

True.

Andrew.


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