[Pkg-tigervnc-devel] Java implementation support report

[Ola Lundqvist]

Hi

I committed the support but commented out. This was we can avoid one extra
branch.

// Ola

On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 11:50 PM, Yaroslav Halchenko <yoh at onerussian.com>
wrote:

> 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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