From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20810 invoked by alias); 1 Nov 2010 10:46:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 20792 invoked by uid 22791); 1 Nov 2010 10:46:50 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,TW_IB X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from c60.cesmail.net (HELO c60.cesmail.net) (216.154.195.49) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:46:44 +0000 Received: from unknown (HELO webmail2) ([192.168.1.183]) by c60.cesmail.net with ESMTP; 01 Nov 2010 06:46:41 -0400 Received: from 89.241.148.153 ([89.241.148.153]) by webmail.spamcop.net (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 06:47:16 -0400 Message-ID: <20101101064716.ckmhffub4sgowcgc-nzlynne@webmail.spamcop.net> Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 10:46:00 -0000 From: Joern Rennecke To: Geert Bosch Cc: Steven Bosscher , gcc@gcc.gnu.org, java@gcc.gnu.org, Ian Lance Taylor Subject: Re: PATCH RFA: Do not build java by default References: <8FA16519-D671-4B52-B6C5-3A06187245F5@adacore.com> <20101101003034.kch6ozjs2oksssko-nzlynne@webmail.spamcop.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.4) Mailing-List: contact java-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: java-owner@gcc.gnu.org X-SW-Source: 2010-11/txt/msg00007.txt.bz2 Quoting Geert Bosch : > On Nov 1, 2010, at 00:30, Joern Rennecke wrote: >> But to get that coverage, testers will need to have gnat installed. >> Will that become a requirement for middle-end patch regression testing? > > No, the language will only be built if a suitable bootstrap compiler > is present. I know that. My question was aimed at soliciting opinions on patch submission policy in the case that libjava build & testing are dropped from standard bootstrap tests.