Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!border3.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!news1.google.com!news.glorb.com!news-spur2.glorb.com!homer.glorb.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Steve Sobol Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Hey, Qu0ll! JNA Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 09:54:48 -0700 Organization: Glorb Internet Services, http://www.glorb.com Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: xoAFiuXnRqdiUJrjkwExXQ.user.posting2.glorb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@glorb.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 May 2011 16:54:55 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4 X-Notice: Scanned by Mr. Bill Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4387 In article , Tom Anderson says... > On Fri, 20 May 2011, Steve Sobol wrote: > > > Also, since the last major release was in 2007, I was not sure whether > > it's an actively supported project, but I see recent posts on the Users > > mailing list... > > Perhaps it's one of those things that doesn't really need maintenance. How > much development has JNI had since 2007? Have there been any major > innovations in executable formats, calling conventions, dynamic loader > APIs, or other stuff which would need JNA to be changed? Probably not much. My concern was that the project was dead and that the maintainer had gone on to other projects, but if you take a look at the jna-users mailing list, you'll see he has recently answered questions from users... I now believe that my concerns were unfounded :) -- Steve Sobol - Programming/WebDev/IT Support sjsobol@JustThe.net