If you’re at all like me, then you are a little disappointed from last week’s news that the development of Galleon is going to slow down. One of the great things about Galleon is that it is open source so if somebody wants to step up and continue development they can. I’d hate to see all the hard work that Leon put into Galleon go to waste.
Is anybody willing to take over the project? This is a good opportunity for somebody who would like to take part in the development of a somewhat high profile software application. Feel free to jump in….
Whoever takes over the project I hope their first priority is the elimination of any dependence on the Sun JVM
I nominated gonzotek.
I don’t mind relying on Java to power the thing, but I have a few ideas where features could be streamlined or merged to make it easier for a newbie to get onboard.
My issue is not so much with Java as with Sun’s JVM, primarily for it’s god awful memory usage.
With Galleon as the only Java app running (I avoid Java apps like the plague because nearly all of them have an arbittrary dependence on the Sun JVM) and most Galleon features turned off Galleon (specifically the java.exe process) still consumes well over 200Mb of RAM, which is just crazy.
If you are going to use Java why not make it work with other JVMs besides Sun’s? Or better yet compile it using GCJ.
IMO Your’e defeating the whole point of being “platform independent” if you are stil completely dependent on a single vendors proprietary component. Of course the typical Java fanboy will quickly assert that it’s “completely different” since your’e not dependent on the Evil Microsoft (or Micro$haft) so it’s OK.