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Re: ITP: openjdk-compiler



Hi

Some people may remember that I was working for a couple of years
on the java-policy, but stopped that after a while because it was so
hard to get things working as Sun java was the "standard" and it could
not go to main, or even non-free at that time. Now when Sun has changed
their mind on this, then I get my enthuiasm back. :)

On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 08:39:00AM +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote:
> On 11/14/06, Ola Lundqvist <opal@debian.org> wrote:
> >Hi
> 
> Hi Ola,
> 
> >I have now determined that it can build using itself as compiler
> >(If I make a preliminary version bootstrapped with binary sun javac).
> >However it seems to require the jvm from sun to compile though...
> 
> You need a jdk to bootstrap the compiler:
> https://openjdk.dev.java.net/compiler/README.html#build

Seems so. I hoped that I could use jvm from gcj or kaffe to build it. I have
tried gij and gcj. Next try will be kaffe as I want to be able to build
it with things from main only, so it can go to main. I'll make a few tries
now.

> >On Mon, Nov 13, 2006 at 10:34:40PM +0100, Ola Lundqvist wrote:
> >> I just wanted to inform you on the debian-java list that I have
> >> filed an ITP on openjdk-compiler that was released today. I hope
> >> that I can compile it using only free software, so that it can
> >> go to main.
> 
> Maybe packaging such a piece of software need some discussions. Tom
> Marble already worked a lot on the Sun' jdk package in non-free. Also,
> I think there is an Alioth's project (if not, it should be) to package
> the compiler and the hotspot.

Good to know.

> Please, go co-maintaining with people who already worked on the jdk package.

I'll do that, especially for the jdk as that seems more complicated than
the compiler. I have filed an ITP for that as well. :)

> Many thanks for your enthousiasme and for your so fast work ;-)

Thanks

// Ola

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