i would like to port amarok to java based code so that it can be used on any operating system.

You're free to do what you like

It's as easy as porting a Ford to a Toyota.

it's as easy as porting gnome to something useful.

It is as fun as porting a kitten to the 8086.

that one didn't make sense.

[me=Ian Monroe]ports Dan to the PowerPC Cell[/me]

Does that make me obsolete?

A port to Java would be fairly painful to do.
Off the top of my head. (and my uninformedness of java)
You'd have to write the audio decoders in Java as there is no audio decode library which EVERY platform has
You'd have to port libvisual to Java as it is not provided by every platform (if you even lose the slightest bit of performance here then !@#$ you)
You'd lose a fair amount of the prettyness (unless you build it like the openoffice guys do... against every gui toolkit available)

You're gonna lose a **** of performance as Java is a whale of a platform and should only be used in the worst case scenarios.

Pros over Cons ratio: 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001
Benefit over Cost ratio: 0.0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001

Dan wrote:Does that make me obsolete?

Nope. You can be run on the xbox 360

Dan wrote:Does that make me obsolete?

No, it means you've been upgraded.

Well really what I was saying DarkMagez was that the idea of "porting" Amarok to Java stretches very much the definition of port. You port from G++ to MSVC++, you don't port to entirely different language.

I must have fallen asleep and woken up on April 1.

Hey now, everyone needs a goal in life!

dangle_wtf wrote:Hey now, everyone needs a goal in life!

To the OP:  Feel free to find me on irc if this is the best life goal you can come up with, I'll be glad to help with suggestions.

dangle_wtf wrote:Hey now, everyone needs a goal in life!

its not the only goal of mine in life. reason i would like to do it is because i really like amarok and i would prefer to use it ovr anything else. and i another nice thing is one isnt limited to only a linux desktop for it to be used on. hence the motto write once run anywhere. what ever the operating system from windows to linux to macos those who know about amarok and like amarok can run it regardless of the operating system

eagles051387 wrote:its not the only goal of mine in life. reason i would like to do it is because i really like amarok and i would prefer to use it ovr anything else. and i another nice thing is one isnt limited to only a linux desktop for it to be used on. hence the motto write once run anywhere. what ever the operating system from windows to linux to macos those who know about amarok and like amarok can run it regardless of the operating system

write once run anywhere will mostly apply to amarok2. the kde4 libraries (which is what amarok2 is building on) will apparently be buildable on windows & osx as well as *nix. so no java rewrite =D

please feel free to help out with the development of the kde4 libs & amarok2 to assure that they will run on your platform(s) at launch.