From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 7354 invoked by alias); 3 Sep 2014 17:11:24 -0000 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 Received: (qmail 7314 invoked by uid 89); 3 Sep 2014 17:11:23 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-4.8 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RP_MATCHES_RCVD,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mx1.redhat.com Received: from mx1.redhat.com (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (209.132.183.28) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES256-GCM-SHA384 encrypted) ESMTPS; Wed, 03 Sep 2014 17:11:21 +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 (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s83HBGNW013858 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=FAIL); Wed, 3 Sep 2014 13:11:16 -0400 Received: from zebedee.pink ([10.3.113.10]) by int-mx09.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id s83HBEYb015480; Wed, 3 Sep 2014 13:11:15 -0400 Message-ID: <54074BB2.6060601@redhat.com> Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 17:11:00 -0000 From: Andrew Haley User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.7.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia CC: Mario Torre , "classpath@gnu.org" , kgy , "java@gcc.gnu.org" Subject: Re: GCJ ------ file type not supported by system References: <540034B0.4010701@redhat.com> <1409306247.25913.21.camel@nirvana.localdomain> <54043670.4070908@redhat.com> <1409568429.4242.1.camel@nirvana.localdomain> <54074227.5000104@redhat.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-IsSubscribed: yes X-SW-Source: 2014-09/txt/msg00009.txt.bz2 Hi, On 09/03/2014 05:35 PM, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote: > Hi Andrew, > > 2014-09-03 18:30 GMT+02:00 Andrew Haley : >> On 09/03/2014 05:12 PM, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote: >>> 1. Development of GNU Classpath seems to be stalled now (quoting from >>> an earlier post from Andrew Haley: "I have to tell you that Classpath >>> is not being actively developed, so your problem is unlikely to be >>> fixed.") >>> >>> 2. This is due to the lack of manpower, which in turn is probably due >>> to the lack of interested developers, but also to the fact that most >>> of the development effort of the current team is going to OpenJDK >>> instead. >>> >>> 3. Given the above, perhaps the current maintainers should consider >>> switching priorities and start actively looking for a "competent >>> successor" (as in lesson #5 of ESR's "The Cathedral and the Bazaar"). >> >> Your opinion has been noted. Now, what do *you* intend to do to help? > > I am willing to help where possible. Sending patches or bugfixes is OK > (and I will do so if I come across any problems), but in my opinion > this does not address the real problem. For example *I* cannot update > the GNU Classpath page to list 0.99, and not 0.98, as the current > version. Almost all of GNU Classpath is under source control, and patches are welcome. A new version of the web page is welcome. Having said that, I don't have access to the web page, but I think we can get it. > What would you like me to do? How can I help ? I think I'd like people to fix problems when they find them. "Update Classpath to Java 1.6." isn't a reasonable interim goal. Andrew.