From: Joern Rennecke <joern.rennecke@embecosm.com>
To: Geert Bosch <bosch@adacore.com>
Cc: Steven Bosscher <stevenb.gcc@gmail.com>,
gcc@gcc.gnu.org, java@gcc.gnu.org,
Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com>
Subject: Re: PATCH RFA: Do not build java by default
Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 04:30:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101101003034.kch6ozjs2oksssko-nzlynne@webmail.spamcop.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <8FA16519-D671-4B52-B6C5-3A06187245F5@adacore.com>
Quoting Geert Bosch <bosch@adacore.com>:
>
> On Oct 31, 2010, at 15:33, Steven Bosscher wrote:
>> The argument against disabling java as a default language always was
>> that there should be at least one default language that requires
>> non-call exceptions. I recall testing many patches without trouble if
>> I did experimental builds with just C, C++, and Fortran, only to find
>> lots of java test suite failures in a complete bootstrap+test cycle.
>> So the second point is, IMVHO, not really true.
>
> Feel free to enable Ada. Builds and tests faster than Java,
> and is known to expose many more middle end bugs, including
> ones that require non-call exceptions.
But to get that coverage, testers will need to have gnat installed.
Will that become a requirement for middle-end patch regression testing?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-11-01 4:30 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-31 19:33 Steven Bosscher
2010-10-31 19:47 ` Gerald Pfeifer
2010-11-01 3:48 ` Andrew Pinski
2010-11-01 10:11 ` Dave Korn
2010-11-01 4:06 ` Geert Bosch
2010-11-01 4:30 ` Joern Rennecke [this message]
2010-11-01 10:35 ` Geert Bosch
2010-11-01 10:46 ` Joern Rennecke
2010-11-02 10:48 ` Paolo Bonzini
2010-11-02 16:43 ` David Daney
2010-11-01 17:46 ` Tom Tromey
2010-11-01 17:50 ` Andrew Haley
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2010-10-31 19:09 Ian Lance Taylor
2010-11-01 8:59 ` Andrew Haley
2010-11-02 10:14 ` Laurent GUERBY
2010-11-02 15:32 ` Tom Tromey
2010-11-01 10:31 ` Dave Korn
2010-11-01 17:36 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-11-01 18:16 ` Diego Novillo
2010-11-01 18:58 ` Andrew Haley
2010-11-01 19:35 ` H.J. Lu
2010-11-02 3:39 ` Jeff Law
2010-11-02 3:58 ` H.J. Lu
2010-11-02 8:22 ` Eric Botcazou
2010-11-02 15:31 ` Tom Tromey
2010-11-02 16:25 ` Jeff Law
2010-11-02 5:12 ` Matthias Klose
2010-11-11 23:20 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-11-18 9:23 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-11-18 10:47 ` Andrew Haley
2010-11-18 13:42 ` H.J. Lu
2010-11-18 15:37 ` Mark Mitchell
2010-11-18 16:02 ` Diego Novillo
2010-11-18 15:23 ` Jeff Law
2010-11-18 17:19 ` Ian Lance Taylor
2010-11-18 17:58 ` Dave Korn
2010-11-18 20:53 ` Mark Wielaard
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