Top-level directory open-wonka

This directory contains the global Jamrules for Wonka, a Jamfile, and the following text files:

README

General information about Wonka.

README.build

How to build Wonka from the sources.

README.install

How to install a pre-compiled binary.

README.licensing

Important licensing information.

COPYRIGHT

Yet more important licensing information.

Configuration

Steerfiles for the Wonka build process.

awt

Contains AWT implementations.

build-<cpu>-<hostos>

Used at build time to hold output and generated files. The Wonka binary is produced in build-<cpu>-<hostos>/wonka.

class

Used to collect class files during Java compilation. (Created on demand).

compiler

Contains runtime compiler implementations.

doc

Contains a makefile to build all LaTeX documentation, and templates used by the LaTeX documentation.

fs

Contains filesystem implementations.

jpda

Contains implementations of the Java Platform Debugging Architecture.

kernel

Contains implementations of the OSwald internal threading and memory management API: both the OSwald Reference Implementation and wrappers for various host operating systems.

network

Contains network stack implementations.

roadmap

Contains some text files outlining current ideas for development of Wonka.

sample

Contains sample applications.

tool

Contains tools (including the Mauve and VTE test suites) and scripts.

wonka

Contains the various non-optional components of the Virtual Machine and core class libraries.

When we say a directory "contains <foo> implementations", this means that the directory has two or more subdirectories, each of which contains one possible implementation of feature foo. Which implementation to use is decided at runtime by setting a Jam variable, e.g.

jam -sFS=native install