Re: larger issue (Re: Linux install misses Tk)

[mukund <mukund@groucho-206>]

I would be more than willing to contribute to the Java port of PilotManager
if it is feasible at this point in time.. I have no idea about what other
Java resources required for this effort is out there.

Bharat -
	What do you feel?
	
	

> 
> Half a year ago I asked Bharat why he hadn't written Pilotmanager in Java. The 
main
> reason was the support for the serial port. I haven't looked at the 
pilotmanager
> sources in a while, but given the problems people report with with software 
package
> dependencies (Tcl, Perl, CDE), wouldn't it be worth to take a deep breath and 
port
> the whole thing to Java? That would settle it once and for all. Just a 
thought. I'd
> be willing to contribute, but I don't know Perl that well.
> 


best regards,
mukund

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