To: mozilla-java@mozilla.org
From: Oliver White <ojw@iinet.net.au>
Subject: Jazilla report. June 5, 1998
Date: Fri, 05 Jun 1998 17:50:57 +0800

The story so far:

    After Netscape released Mozilla, the source code for Navigator, a
bunch of us got together and decided to port the code over to Java(tm).
This is a huge undertaking, there is approximately 1.5 million lines of
Mozilla source code.
    We are working piece-meal on the project, and our expected first
product will be a blend of C++ and Java, slowly diminishing the amount
of platform dependant code, and striving for 100% pure java status. Our
main tasks so far are a news client, the NSPR module (described at
http://www.mozilla.org/docs/tplist/catCode/nsprdesc.htm ) and the FE
module, based on WinFE (
http://www.mozilla.org/docs/tplist/catCode/winfdesc.htm ).

    The code is managed on our CVS server, and the jarball is updated
hourly. We also have our own website, http://jazilla.alsutton.com ,
though we have discovered that August Associates (www.august.net) have
registered jazilla.org for us. Thanks guys :)

    The FE group have done wonders, creating an entire set of widgets
from swing. Now comes the (fun?) bit - putting the front end together.
Giao Nguyen is in charge of this, and can be reached at giao@learnix.com

    Thierry Bezecourt has been using TogetherJ (a CASE tool donated to
the project by Object International - http://www.oi.com/) to analyse the
NetLib module, and his documents are availiable here -
http://services.worldnet.net/thbzcrt/mozilla/Netlib/_multiframe.html

    All in all we're having a great time. If your interested you can
find us on alsutton's page -

   http://jazilla.alsutton.com
and in
   netscape.public.mozilla.java

    More information on Mozilla can be found at http://www.mozilla.org
and I feel this is an excelent opportunity for students and their
universities to get involved in a large scale project.

I'll keep you all up to date,

Oliver White.