From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7454 invoked by alias); 1 Nov 2010 08:59:51 -0000 Received: (qmail 7421 invoked by uid 22791); 1 Nov 2010 08:59:50 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-6.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,SPF_HELO_PASS,TW_GC,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Mon, 01 Nov 2010 08:59:45 +0000 Received: from int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.22]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id oA18xhgU025503 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Mon, 1 Nov 2010 04:59:44 -0400 Received: from zebedee.pink (ovpn-113-40.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.40]) by int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id oA18xgiZ027949; Mon, 1 Nov 2010 04:59:42 -0400 Message-ID: <4CCE817D.1060705@redhat.com> Date: Mon, 01 Nov 2010 08:59:00 -0000 From: Andrew Haley User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091209 Fedora/3.0-4.fc12 Thunderbird/3.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ian Lance Taylor CC: gcc@gcc.gnu.org, java@gcc.gnu.org, gcc-patches@gcc.gnu.org, java-patches@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: PATCH RFA: Do not build java by default References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes 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/msg00003.txt.bz2 On 10/31/2010 07:09 PM, Ian Lance Taylor wrote: > This patch should not of course change whether or not distros choose to > package the Java compiler; undoubtedly they would continue to do so, > just as they package the Ada compiler today. > > Comments? Approvals? I see your point, but this will lead to some quality regressions in gcc itself. libgcj is a good stress test for gcc, and has revealed some bugs in the past. It might be possible to mitigate some of this with autotesters that run a full libgcj bootstrap every night. Andrew.