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Re: Bug#146182: ITP: classpath -- GNU Classpath is a set of essential libraries for supporting the Java language



On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 06:30:45PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 06:08:54PM +0100, John Leuner wrote:
> > > I believe that GNU Classpath is shipped with GCC (at least as of 3.1). 
> > > Is there any advantage to shipping it separately?
> > 
> > It is shipped in toto as per the Classpath releases?
> > 
> > It contains exactly the same java code, native code, .properties files etc?
> 
> I do not know.  Quite probably not, but it appears to be more or less
> the same source.

As per my earlier mail:

On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 02:48:18PM -0500, Adam Heath wrote:
> On Tue, 7 May 2002, John Leuner wrote:
> 
> > Package: wnpp
> > Version: N/A; reported 2002-05-07
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > * Package name    : classpath
> >   Version         : 0.04
> >   Upstream Author : Classpath Project <classpath@gnu.org>
> > * URL             : http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath
> > * License         : GPL with special exception
> >   Description     : GNU Classpath is a set of essential libraries for supporting the Java language
> 
> I've heard this has been integrated into gcc-3.1, as part of gcj.  I would
> hope it was a separate package.  You might want to talk to the gcc and/or
> gcc-snapshot people in debian about it.

Yes there is integration going on.

However it is not finished, and classpath still exists in its own right as a set of libraries for JVMs.

John Leuner



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