Bug#747493: ITP: openjdk-7-jdk-dcevm -- Dynamic Code Evolution VM - Enhanced runtime class redefinition for Java

[Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Emmanuel Bourg <ebourg@apache.org>

* Package name    : dcevm
  Version         : 0.2+7u51-20140430
  Upstream Author : Thomas Wuerthinger <thomas.wuerthinger@oracle.com>
* URL             : https://github.com/dcevm/dcevm
* License         : GPL-2 with Classpath exception
  Programming Lang: C++
  Description     : Dynamic Code Evolution VM - Enhanced runtime class
redefinition for Java

The Dynamic Code Evolution Virtual Machine (DCE VM) is a modification of
the Java HotSpot VM that allows unlimited redefinition of loaded classes
at runtime. The current hotswapping mechanism of the HotSpot VM allows
only changing method bodies. This enhanced VM allows adding and removing
fields and methods as well as changes to the super types of a class.

This package will extend the openjdk-7-jdk package by copying its
content in the /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-dcevm-amd64 directory and replacing
the HotSpot libraries in the jre/lib/amd64 sub directory. The initial
package will only target the i386 and amd64 architectures.