Free Java Meeting

Let's meet in Brussels

The next meeting of the Free/Libre Open Source Software Java developers will take place in Brussels during FOSDEM, February 23 and 24 in Brussels, Belgium.

In the past several years there were two main events around libre java for the GNU/Linux platform. The Fosdem "Escape the Java Trap" event organized by the GNU Classpath community, coordinating technical issues around implementing core libraries, compilers, tools and free runtimes. And "DevJam", a GNU/Linux distro packaging conference organized by Debian, but meant as a cross-distribution coordination meeting to set common guidelines for packaging java programs and libraries.

The goals of the Free Java Meeting will be:

Pointers to previous events

Pointers to current information

Saturday photos:

Program

Day

When

What

Who

Thursday

?

Lunch, sightseeing, dinner

Steph Meslin-Weber, Lillian Angel

Friday

?

?BrandWeg hacking session

Dalibor Topic, Ian Rogers, Andrew Hughes

17:30

Beer Event

?

BXL

Saturday

14:00-15:00

Welcome to the Free Java Meeting

Welcome and introduction to the projects, people and themes that make up the Free Java Meeting at Fosdem.

After welcoming and introducing the people and projects in the room various people from GNU Classpath, OpenJDK and Sun will look back on the past year and try to look into the future. There will also be a short presentation on the OpenJDK Community Innovator's Challenge.

14:00

Welcome and Introductions

Tom Marble

14:10

The State of GNU/Classpath

Mark Wielaard

14:20

The State of OpenJDK (slides)

Mark Reinhold

14:50

The OpenJDK Community Innovators' Challenge

Rich Sands

Saturday

15:00-16:00

Mobile Java

Take your freedom to the max! Make your Free Java mobile.

What if you want to scale up or down your VM or class library. Is it easy to switch between completely different "full" and "small" versions of the core class libraries? How do you make a VM as flexible as possible to adopt to the available resources and core classes? What has the Mobile and Embedded community been up to this last year?

15:00

VM interfaces: GNU/Classpath vs. OpenJDK vs. PhoneME (Slides)

Christian Thalinger

15:15

MIDPath (Slides)

Guillaume Legris

15:30

Mobile and Embedded Java

Ray Gans

15:45

Discussion

Saturday

16:00-16:40

Women in Java Technology

Female programmers are rare. Female Java programmers are even more rare. As female Java programmers ourselves, our interest in this issue led us to start Duchess, an organization to support and promote women in the Java industry and hopefully to encourage more to join.

16:00

Duchess, Ladies in Java

Clara Ko, Linda van der Pal

16:20

Discussion

Saturday

16:40-17:00

Break

Saturday

17:00-17:30

Hacking OpenJDK & Friends

Hear about directions in hacking Free Java from the front lines

17:00

OpenJDK Experiences

Roman Kennke

17:10

Mashups: BrandWeg, IcePick In this talk, I will introduce ?BrandWeg and ?IcePick, which introduce new ways to make use of the availability of the OpenJDK source code. ?IcePick allows the language tools (javac, javadoc, javah, javap, apt) to be compiled separately using a simple autotools build system and used with either OpenJDK or GNU Classpath. ?BrandWeg represents the inverse approach to ?IcedTea of the OpenJDK/GNU Classpath combination problem; instead of taking OpenJDK and patching it with GNU Classpath, we patch up GNU Classpath with extracts from the OpenJDK source code base.

Andrew Hughes

17:20

Discussion

Saturday

17:30-19:00

VM Rumble, Porting and Architectures

There are lots of runtimes able to execute your java byte code. But which one is the best, coolest, smartest, easiest portable or just simply the most fun?

Various virtual machine hackers will each give a short presentation on what makes their runtime special and fun to work with. What cool things they have been doing this last year. What are their plans for next year. What can other runtimes learn from their experiences. And how can YOU help! The session will end with a general VM discussion.

17:30

Kaffe

Dalibor Topic

17:40

JamVM

Robert Lougher

17:50

HotSpot Slides

Peter Kessler

18:00

JikesRVM

Ian Rogers

18:10

CACAO (Slides)

Christian Thalinger

18:20

ikvm

Jeroen Frijters

18:30

Zero-assembler Port (Slides)

Gary Benson

18:40

Mika

Chris Gray

18:50

Discussion

19:00

Break

Saturday

20:00

Dinner

Vert De Gris

?

A La Mort Subite

Sunday

9:00-10:00

Distro Rumble

So which GNU/Linux distribution integrates java packages best? Find out during this distro shootout!

How do the various GNU/Linux distributions integrate java based libraries and applications into their packaging systems. How can we improve cross-distro packaging guidelines (filesystem layout, packaging inter-dependencies, browser integration, developer guidelines, etc.) used across GNU/Linux distributions for java libraries and programs?

9:00

Gentoo Slides: http://dev.gentoo.org/~betelgeuse/GentooJavaFOSDEM08.pdf

Petteri Raty

9:15

Fedora

Tom Fitzsimmons

9:30

Debian

Michael Koch, Arnaud Vandyck

9:45

Ubuntu

Matthias Klose

Sunday

10:00-11:30

The Free Java Factory

OpenJDK and ?IcedTea, how are they made and how do you test them?

In the factory there will be discussions about functional testing and quality, an overview of the work of the client team and an overview of the transformation process that turns OpenJDK/HotSpot into ?IcedTea with some spicy applet, ?LiveConnect and Web Start support.

10:00

Functional testing and Quality

David Herron

10:20

Brewing ?IcedTea spiced with gcjwebplugin, ?LiveConnect and Web Start

Lillian Angel (Slides), Tom Fitzsimmons

11:00

What's going on with the OpenJDK client team

Igor Nekrestyanov

Sunday

11:30-13:00

JIT Session: Discussion Topics Dynamically Loaded

Tom Marble

This block is reserved for elaborating on Free Java issues which have not yet had enough coverage. Want to hear about -- or talk about -- something the Free Java world and don't see a topic on the agenda? This time is reserved for late binding discussion.

Sunday

13:00-14:00

Lunch

Sunday

14:00-15:45

Cool Stuff

Lots of examples of cool work in progress.

Real hackers show their work, how they do their work and where it takes Free Java next. Examples are gstreamer integration, graphics through the framebuffer, jnode a full os in java, ?NetBeans for ?HotSpot hacking and Jalimo bringing Free Java to maemo and openmoko devices.

14:00

Frame Buffer Toolkit ODP PDF

Steph Meslin-Weber, Guillaume Legris

14:20

Espresso Italiano: GConf integration, Sound and Open Media

Mario Torre

14:40

Fun with IDE's

Volker Simonis

15:00

JNode

Fabien Duminy, Levente Santha, Peter Barth

15:20

Jalimo - Slides: ODP PDF

Sebastian Mancke, Robert Schuster

15:45

Break

Sunday

16:00-17:30

Java: Freedom, Compatibility and Community

How to combine the holy trinity of Free Java? Freedom, Compatibility and Community.

Java is Free! Now how do we keep it that way? How do we measure compatibity? What about this mysterious and non-free JCK? What is the future of the JCP process? Where does the community come in and how can you help?

16:00

The JCK: How it works, what it does; and GPL tools: jtharness & friends.

Onno Kluyt

16:20

Free Software Stack Compatibility Testing http://people.redhat.com/~aph/OpenJdkTestingFOSDEM.pdf

Andrew Haley

16:40

The Future of the Java Community Process

Onno Kluyt

17:00

Fixing the JCP for fun and profit

Dalibor Topic

17:20

Discussion

Sunday

17:40-18:00

JIT Session: Free Java plans for 2008

Setting the agenda for Free Java 2008: community objectives for the next year, optimized on the fly

18:00

Break

Food & Drinks

NOTE: Dinner Vert De Gris, Saturday 20:00 ~40euros/pp

Set Menu (~40euros/pp):
Starter :
Scarmoza (mozzarella fumée), compotée de tomates au pesto or Tartare de saumon aux aromates et condiments (Salmon) or Assiette de légumes gratinés au parmesan, parfumée à l’huile de truffe (veggie)

Main course :
Spare-ribs caramélisés au miel et aux épices, maïs et salade de coleslaw (Honey spare ribs) or Gigotin d’agneau caramélisé aux épices et gratin de pommes de terre (Lamb) or Cabillaud rôti et moules cuites à la Leffe Blonde (beer cooked cod) or full veggie meal

Dessert :
Profiteroles

Drinks :
½ Bouteille d’eau or Beer or Red : Merlot, Pays d’Oc 2005 or White : Chardonnay, Pays d’Oc 2006

Overview map:

Map of Brussels

Grand Place area map:

Map of Brussels's Grand Place

ULB area map:

Map of ULB area

Friday

Beer Event

Dinner (TBD)

Saturday

Lunch: sandwiches in or around ULB.

Dinner:
Vert De Gris
Rue des Alexiens 63
1000 Brussels, Belgium

Drinks:

Sunday

Lunch: sandwiches in or around ULB.

Dinner (TBD):

Reimbursements

Reimbursements via SPI or FFIS TBD.

Interested Individuals

Add your name here if you are interested in joining. Please include your full name, email address, affiliation, if you need travel sponsoring (and estimated amount) and where you are traveling from. Please do indicate on which days you would be interested in joining dinner. The entries are numbered to make them easier to count.

  1. Who Are You? (Firstname Lastname, maybe a link)
    • Organization
    • Need sponsoring (How much?) (you can remove this line if you don't need)
    • Located in Town, Country (GMap link? ;-))
    • Joining dinner on Saturday (See the bottom of the list for the note about dinner)
  2. Mario Torre
    • GNU Classpath

    • Sponsoring: Some help needed, I think I'll spend around 300 euros, so any contribute is welcomed.
    • Located Salerno, Italy

    • Dinner: yes: No Meat, Scamorza or Salmon is ok, otherwise full veggie, white wine on Salmon, beer oterwise :)

  3. TomMarble

    • OpenJDK

    • Sponsoring: not needed
    • Located: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
    • Dinner: oui! = Scarmoza + Gigotin + Rouge
  4. ?AndrewHughes

  1. MarkReinhold (blog)

    • OpenJDK

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Santa Clara, CA, USA
    • Dinner: Yes (Saumon + Agneau + Merlot)
  2. GaryBenson (blog)

    • Red Hat

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Bath, UK
    • Dinner: yes please (scarmoza, ribs, beer)
  3. ?JeroenFrijters

    • IKVM.NET

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: NL
    • Dinner: yes (Saumon, Gigotin, Beer)
  4. MarkWielaard

    • GNU Classpath

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: NL
    • Dinner Saturday: yes (Saumon, Gigotin, Red)
  5. Andrew Haley
    • Red Hat

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: UK
    • Dinner: yes please (Scarmoza, Lamb, Water)
  6. ?RobertLougher

    • JamVM

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Chepstow, UK
    • Dinner: Saumon + Gigotin + Red
  7. Robert Schuster
    • tarent Jalimo

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: DE
    • Dinner: Yes (Scarmoza, Lamb, Beer)
  8. DavidHerron

    • OpenJDK

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Mountain View, US
    • Dinner: Of course; Scarmoza, Lamb, Bouteille d’eau
  9. Sebastian Mancke
    • tarent Jalimo

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Bonn, DE
    • Dinner: yes (Scarmoza + Gigotin + Beer)
  10. Onno Kluyt
    • OpenJDK, Mobile&Embedded

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Rochester, NY
    • Dinner: yes (Scarmoza + Gigotin + White)
  11. Dalibor Topic
    • Kaffe, Classpath, OpenJDK

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Saarbruecken, DE
    • Dinner: yes (Legumes, Cod, Beer)
  12. Petteri Räty
    • Gentoo

    • Sponsoring: plain tickets will be something like 200-300 euros
    • Located, Espoo, Finland
    • Dinner: yes (Salmon + Gigotin + Red)
  13. Fabien Duminy
    • JNode

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Maisons-Laffitte, France
    • Dinner: yes (Scarmoza + Cabillaud + Red)
  14. Guillaume Legris
    • MIDPath, FBToolkit

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Paris, France

    • Dinner: Yes (Légumes + Gigotin + Water)
  15. Petter Reinholdtsen
    • Debian / Debian Edu / Debian Java
    • Sponsoring: ~430 EURO
    • Located: Oslo, Norway
    • Dinner: yes
  16. Lillian Angel (Blog)

    • Project: IcedTea/Red Hat

    • Sponsoring:
    • Located: Toronto, Canada
    • Dinner: Yes. légumes + Gigotin + Red
  17. Thomas Fitzsimmons (Blog)

    • Project: IcedTea/Red Hat

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Toronto, Canada
    • Dinner: Yes. Légumes + Cabillaud + Red
  18. Richard Reingruber
    • SAP

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Heidelberg, Germany
    • Dinner: Yes (Scarmoza, Gigotin, Merlot).
  19. Volker Simonis (Blog)

    • SAP

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Heidelberg, Germany
    • Dinner: Yes (Scarmoza, Gigotin, Merlot).
  20. Rene Engelhard
    • Debian

    • Sponsoring: 200 EUR
    • Located: Ulm, Germany
    • Dinner: Yes. (Saumon, Gigotin, Beer)
  21. Rich Sands
    • OpenJDK

    • Sponsoring: No
    • Located: Arlington, MA, USA
    • Dinner: yes (Scarmoza, Gigotin, Red)
  22. Christian Thalinger
    • CACAO

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Vienna, Austria
    • Dinner: No
  23. HenningSprang

    • Debian

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Hamburg, Germany
    • Dinner: Yes - Scarmoza, Gigotin, Red
  24. Audrius Meškauskas
    • Spectraseis AG

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Zurich, Switzerland
    • Dinner: Yes (Saumon + Gigotin + Red)
  25. Vlatko Davidovski
    • Spectraseis AG

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Zurich, Switzerland; Skopje, Macedonia
    • Dinner: Yes (Scarmoza + Gigotin + Red)
  26. Nima Riahi
    • Spectraseis AG

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Zurich, Switzerland
    • Dinner: Yes (Scarmoza + Gigotin + Red)
  27. Steph Meslin-Weber (mailto:steph@tangency.co.uk nick:Stephmw)

  28. Elmar Geese
    • tarent Jalimo

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: DE
    • Dinner: yes: full veggie + beer
  29. Steffi Tinder
    • tarent Jalimo

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: DE
    • Dinner: yes: full veggie + beer
  30. Levente Sántha
    • JNode

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: RO
    • Dinner: Yes: tartare de saumon, gigotin d’agneau, merlot
  31. Peter B. Kessler
    • OpenJDK

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Santa Clara, California, USA
    • Dinner: Yes: Salmon + Lamb + Water
  32. Peter Barth
    • JNode

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Passau, BY, DE
    • Dinner: Yes, Salmon, Lamb, non-alcoholic beverage (do we have a better option than water?)
  33. Katharina Soller
    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Bayreuth, BY, DE
    • Dinner: yes: full veggie
  34. Rémi Forax
    • OpenJDK

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Paris, FR
    • Dinner: Yes
  35. Ian Rogers
  36. Chris Gray
    • Mika

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Antwerp, Belgium

    • Dinner: No
  37. RomanKennke

  38. Phillip Lougher
    • SquashFS

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Chepstow, UK
    • Dinner: Saumon + Gigotin + Red
  39. Ray Gans
  40. Linda van der Pal
    • Duchess

    • Sponsoring: Already taken care of
    • Located: the Netherlands
    • Dinner: Yes -- Salmon + Lamb + water
  41. Sarah Woodall (personal page)

    • (Only attending dinner as guest -- I'm Andrew Haley's wife)
    • Sponsoring: Not needed, and will pay the full cost of my dinner
    • Located: Cambridge, UK
    • Dinner: Yes -- Legumes + Spare ribs + red wine
  42. Clara Ko
    • JavaPulse Duchess

    • Sponsoring: Already taken care of
    • Located: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Dinner: Yes -- saumon + agneau + merlot
  43. Simon Phipps
    • Blog Work

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Southampton, UK
    • Dinner: Yes -- Mozarella, Cod, merlot
  44. Andreas Schuldei
    • Debian

    • Sponsoring: unknown so far
    • Located: lübeck, Germany
    • Dinner: Yes - Mozarella, Vegitarian, Merlot

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We can handle more people at the restaurant -- but you MUST have your name on below by Wednesday. All participants must plan on bringing 50 Euros (cash) at the door of the restaurant (those listed above are required to present 40 Euros).

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  1. Who Are You? (Firstname Lastname, maybe a link... please provide e-mail or send it to tmarble (at) info9.net)
    • Organization:
    • Located in Town, Country
    • Dinner choice: { Scarmoza | Saumon (Salmon) | Legumes (Veggie) } + { Honey Spare-ribs | Gigotin (Lamb) | Cabillaud (Beer-cooked Cod) | full veggie} + { Red | White | Beer | Water }
  2. Fabio Massimo Di Nitto
    • Debian

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Copenhagen, DK
    • Dinner: Yes - Scarmoza + lamb + water
  3. James J. Hunt
    • aicas

    • Sponsoring: Not needed
    • Located: Karlsruhe, Germany
    • Dinner: Yes - Saumon + Cabillaud + Beer
  4. Sara Dornsife
    • OpenSolaris

    • Located: Austin, Texas, USA
    • Dinner: Yes - Scamoza + Gigotin + Beer


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