Thank you for your response Philippe. I'm adding back the mailing lists so that they can benefit from this response too.
On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 5:58 AM, pg <philippe.go...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > *Thank you, Eduardo, for these remarks... I tried to answer you questions > - answers in black below. But anyway, may I suggest you to read the > following links (wiki links), providing a better understanding of what, why > & how ... ? * > > - > *http://fil.gonze.org/wikiPG/index.php/Project_bashj_:_a_bash_mutant_with_java_support > > <http://fil.gonze.org/wikiPG/index.php/Project_bashj_:_a_bash_mutant_with_java_support>* > - *http://fil.gonze.org/wikiPG/index.php/Bashj_programming_guide > <http://fil.gonze.org/wikiPG/index.php/Bashj_programming_guide>* > > > On 23/06/18 20:45, Eduardo Bustamante wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 23, 2018 at 12:08 PM, pg <philippe.go...@gmail.com> > <philippe.go...@gmail.com> wrote: > [...] > > Description: BASHJ - ANNOUNCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM OF BASH > > I am pleased to inform you about bashj - a bash 'mutant' with java > support. > This product opens numerous very interesting fields to bash developers. > > I have a few questions / comments: > > * Under which license / use terms are you releasing bashj? It doesn't > seem to be free software, the source code does not seem to be > available in the Sourceforge project, and I can't find any reference > to the license in the links you shared. FWIW, I don't have > enough confidence to test bashj by just downloading a random JAR file > from the internet and executing it in my computer. I would like to be > able to inspect the source code and build it myself. > > *I am not expert in the choice of licences. I don't care much about that, > and when the project was created on sourceforge I chose LGPLv2.1.* > *Not sure that it is the appropriate one for a mix of bash & java source > code.* > *I understand your prudence regarding the jar file.* > *From version 0.995, the java sources will be available on source forge.* > *However I want to mention that :* > > - *Sources are currently poorly documented* > - *My coding style is far from the java standards ! Compact code is my > priority, and I certainly do not approve standards leading to voluminous > code.* > - *At this time, I do not want/need source contributors. Remarks, bug > reports and suggestions are welcome, but I keep driving the code for a > while.* > > * The wiki page recommends creating the installation directory with > 0777 permissions. That seems a bit too insecure? Why does it need > world-wide write permissions? (i.e. "sudo mkdir -m=777 /var/lib/bashj/ > # create the installation directory") > > > *I changed these: * > > - *installation target directory is /opt/bashj/* > - *permission at creation time is set to 0755* > - *transient files live under /dev/shm/bashj/ * > > *But I am not expert in risk detection.* > > * What's the motivation behind bashj? I'm having trouble > understanding why one would like to use a mixture of Java and bash in > the same program, when there are options like Jython and Groovy to run > dynamic scripting languages in the JVM. Are you using bashj for a > particular application for which Groovy wasn't apt? > > > > > > > > > > > > *I use bashj for my own projects. Il appreciate the idea of getting access > to my wide and venerable java personal package library, including servers > (accessible using memory mapped files). All this from bash, and with an > impressive speed. I used groovy and was not convinced. Between java and > python, my preference (laziness?) goes to java. I would like to need no > more than 2 technologies : java & bash is enough. And what I read about > jython was not convincing anyway : too heavy. If there is no significant > public interest for bashj, I will keep using it alone, and remove it from > source forge. It would be sad, because my experience with it is really > exciting! * > > * Since I haven't run the code (for reasons explained above): How do > you handle things like the program's current working directory, the > environment, subshells, controlling terminal, etc. when everything > seems to run in the same JVM server process? > > > > *Try it and you'll see how it works. There are some limitations, but AFAIK > no blocking issues. It is partly discussed in the links provided above. If > you see significant problems, please let me know. * > > > -- > ------------------------------ > ------------------------------ > > *Philippe Gonze* > Address: *Rue de la bruyère 12 / 1428 Lillois > <https://maps.google.com/?q=Rue+de+la+bruy%C3%A8re+12+/+1428+Lillois&entry=gmail&source=g> > / BE* > Phone : *00.32.473580758* > www.gonze.org > ------------------------------ > ------------------------------ >
