From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 2983 invoked by alias); 2 Nov 2010 16:43:36 -0000 Received: (qmail 2961 invoked by uid 22791); 2 Nov 2010 16:43:34 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,TW_GC,TW_IB,T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail3.caviumnetworks.com (HELO mail3.caviumnetworks.com) (12.108.191.235) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:43:29 +0000 Received: from caexch01.caveonetworks.com (Not Verified[192.168.16.9]) by mail3.caviumnetworks.com with MailMarshal (v6,7,2,8378) id ; Tue, 02 Nov 2010 09:44:06 -0700 Received: from caexch01.caveonetworks.com ([192.168.16.9]) by caexch01.caveonetworks.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Tue, 2 Nov 2010 09:44:01 -0700 Received: from dd1.caveonetworks.com ([12.108.191.236]) by caexch01.caveonetworks.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Tue, 2 Nov 2010 09:44:01 -0700 Message-ID: <4CD03FAF.1070808@caviumnetworks.com> Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:43:00 -0000 From: David Daney User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.1.12) Gecko/20100907 Fedora/3.0.7-1.fc12 Thunderbird/3.0.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Paolo Bonzini CC: Joern Rennecke , Geert Bosch , 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> <20101101064716.ckmhffub4sgowcgc-nzlynne@webmail.spamcop.net> <4CCFEC80.8050809@gnu.org> In-Reply-To: <4CCFEC80.8050809@gnu.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed 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/msg00023.txt.bz2 On 11/02/2010 03:48 AM, Paolo Bonzini wrote: > On 11/01/2010 11:47 AM, Joern Rennecke wrote: >> 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. > > You already need to have ecj installed, so it's one dependency more and > one less. I may be mistaken, but I don't think that is true. Building and testing of libgcj *does not* require ecj. David Daney