[Pkg-tigervnc-devel] Java implementation support report

[Yaroslav Halchenko]

I guess it is worth making a branch... So it is not visible and then would be just a matter of merging it in

On January 27, 2016 5:39:25 PM EST, Ola Lundqvist <opal at debian.org> wrote:
>Hi
>
>I just want you to know that I have been working a bit on the java
>implementation.
>
>What I have been able to do is to build the Java implementation, make a
>separate package for that and install it.
>
>I have also been able to make Xvnc serve the files and have been able
>(with
>a lot of struggle) to connect to it using firefox.
>- One problem is that google chrome do not allow java at all. It does
>not
>even allow the java plugin.
>- Another problem is that the class files are self signed and thus are
>not
>allowed by default. You have to add the url to a special exception
>list.
>
>I was prompted with a password and I could see the screen. The problem
>here
>is that the applet size is 32x32 and that is not a very useful display
>size...
>By hitting reload on the window I could enter an option tab but there I
>could not resize the window.
>
>So I tried the 1.6.0 version as it mentions a lot of Java work. It is
>better because when I run it from command line I can in fact get the
>option
>to resize the window and then it is useful.
>
>My concluions are:
>1) Usefulness is limited due to lack of browser support, but still it
>may
>be useful.
>2) 1.5.0 version do not work good enough, neither as applet nor as
>command
>line tool.
>3) 1.6.0 version may work better. It works good enough on command line
>but
>as I have not built the full source I can not judge the applet part.
>Preliminary it is not good enough.
>
>So for now I do not think we should include the java build support but
>it
>would be good for the future.
>
>I'll save the patch file so we can repeat this in the future. I'll
>commit
>some changes that can be done regardless whether we include it or not.
>
>Best regards
>
>// Ola
>
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