Bug#201409: O: bock -- Bootstrap-only compiler kit for a subset of Java(tm)
Package: wnpp
Severity: normal
The current maintainer of bock, Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>,
has orphaned this package. If you want to be the new maintainer, please
take it -- see http://www.debian.org/devel/wnpp/index.html#howto-o for
detailed instructions how to adopt a package properly.
Some information about this package:
Package: bock
Binary: bock
Version: 0.20.2.1
Priority: extra
Section: devel
Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
Build-Depends: libgc6-dev
Architecture: any
Standards-Version: 2.4.1
Format: 1.0
Directory: pool/main/b/bock
Files: 777db1e930d7750742f01530784b5a34 527 bock_0.20.2.1.dsc
5b1519ca42261f7e13f9073e94aa43ba 187183 bock_0.20.2.1.tar.gz
Package: bock
Priority: extra
Section: devel
Installed-Size: 452
Maintainer: Charles Briscoe-Smith <cpbs@debian.org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.20.2.1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), libgc6
Filename: pool/main/b/bock/bock_0.20.2.1_i386.deb
Size: 78234
MD5sum: cf5d4bee4066782eb307a312c232b7fe
Description: Bootstrap-only compiler kit for a subset of Java(tm)
BOCK is a prototype native compiler, originally intended to enable
a Java(tm) development environment to be bootstrapped from a C-only
environment. It was envisioned that its sole purpose in life would be
to compile the forthcoming "Jackal" Java compiler.
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BOCK has, since then, gained functionality, and should soon be able
to compile most non-graphical Java programs. Its lack of anything
resembling error checking means that it won't be of much use for
development, but it might be able to generate a reasonably fast binary
version of your program.
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That said, BOCK is still very much in the pre-alpha testing stage.
It is therefore unlikely to be of use to anyone except dedicated hackers
and developers.
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Also included is "jcomp", a slightly more friendly front-end for bock,
which compiles programs against the BOCK mini-library and compiles
BOCK's C output to native code in one step.
--
Martin Michlmayr
tbm@cyrius.com
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