Building a coherent and comprehensive Java development environment on OpenSolaris (was Re: findbugs [LSARC/2008/642 FastTrack timeout 10/27/2008])

[John Plocher]

Jyri Virkki wrote:
> But, I find Java apps/libraries to be a special case. Most Linux
> distros have historically not been very Java friendly. ...
> 
> Sun has a certain fondness of Java though, so it makes sense to make
> OpenSolaris the best platform for Java development & deployment.
> Making useful Java tools available in IPS helps that goal.

I agree with Jyri here (thus the Subject: change), but I'm concerned 
that we are not in fact building a coherent and comprehensive Java 
development environment on OpenSolaris as much as we are throwing a 
random heap of things together with little to no regard for the 
relationships between them or how they are actually used.

In other words, if we *do* end up with OpenSolaris being a good Java 
development environment, it will be by happy coincidence rather than 
by intentional design.

So, assuming that findbugs is intended to be a part of a larger "Java 
Friendly" environment, where is the doc that lays out the larger plan 
for doing this?  What other related commands/tools/libs are needed? 
What relationships exist between them? etc etc etc

   -John