[HOT] [OSM-talk] Potlatch 3 for desktop

Philippe Verdy verdyp at gmail.com
Sat Jan 2 10:14:27 UTC 2021


Are there things that require Oracle JRE, when we could support as well
OpenJDK, or DalvikVM on Android, or the Apple JRE with its requirements for
iOS?

Le sam. 2 janv. 2021 à 11:11, Philippe Verdy <verdyp at gmail.com> a écrit :

> So now what about porting Josm to an Apk package for Android? Not really a
> portable version as it needs to install itself, however it does that inside
> a container managed by Android, which is quite well isolated from other
> apps, and it can then fit on a pluggable SD card or flash drive for tablets
> with an USB port, or could eventually be downloaded from Google Play, if
> someone registers and maintains a developer account on the Google market to
> secure and sign it.
>
> Le sam. 2 janv. 2021 à 10:59, Pat Tressel <ptressel at myuw.net> a écrit :
>
>> Flash here refers to a *flash drive*, i.e. solid-state memory with a USB
>> interface.  It doesn't refer to Adobe Flash.  If one follows the given
>> link, one will see what is meant.
>>
>> Putting a runnable environment on a separate drive is a common technique,
>> especially when one cannot install on the main drive.  Back when folks from
>> the Sahana Foundation used to help with hackathons at Grace Hopper, we
>> eventually realized it was consuming far too much time to install our
>> software and development environment, and started preparing flash drives
>> with a runnable environment.
>>
>> Also, porting JOSM to some other language, if that was being suggested,
>> seems...not a productive plan.  There isn't anything wrong with Java.
>>
>> -- Pat
>>
>
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