From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from gnu.wildebeest.org (gnu.wildebeest.org [45.83.234.184]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D19CE3858D35 for ; Tue, 7 Feb 2023 10:55:09 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org D19CE3858D35 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=klomp.org Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=klomp.org Received: from r6.localdomain (82-217-174-174.cable.dynamic.v4.ziggo.nl [82.217.174.174]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ADH-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by gnu.wildebeest.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 388993000A21; Tue, 7 Feb 2023 11:55:08 +0100 (CET) Received: by r6.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F11573401D9; Tue, 7 Feb 2023 11:55:07 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <5947996f60c740e55447cd15fda459c219dee87f.camel@klomp.org> Subject: Re: Status of GNU Classpath From: Mark Wielaard To: Andrew Haley , Ricardo Wurmus , Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia Cc: "classpath@gnu.org" , Andrew Hughes , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?And=EF=EF?= , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?And=EF=EF?= , Mario Torre , java@gcc.gnu.org Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2023 11:55:07 +0100 In-Reply-To: <228153ff-da90-ac9b-e191-fdac91baed62@redhat.com> References: <87357i7tuf.fsf@elephly.net> <228153ff-da90-ac9b-e191-fdac91baed62@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Evolution 3.46.3 (3.46.3-1.fc37) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-3027.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,JMQ_SPF_NEUTRAL,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,RAZOR2_CF_RANGE_51_100,RAZOR2_CHECK,RCVD_IN_BARRACUDACENTRAL,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On Tue, 2023-02-07 at 10:34 +0000, Andrew Haley wrote: > On 2/6/23 14:25, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: > > Hi Guillermo, > >=20 > > > I can see that development halted around 2016 (from the commit logs o= f > > > the official git repo), but would like to know if someone else is > > > still using GNU Classpath. > > GNU Guix is using GNU Classpath in the bootstrap path from C to modern = JDKs. >=20 > That's very cool. I wasn't aware that anyone was still doing this. It's i= mportant > to maintain a way to rebuild OpenJDK from scratch, with free software. There is https://bootstrappable.org/ which does this for a number of environments. The description of how to get a modern OpenJDK from jikes, (old) GNU Classpath, (old) jamvm, Ant, ECJ, (new) GNU Classpath, (new) JamVM, IcedTea 1.x, IcedTea 2.x, OpenJDK 7, ... is here: https://bootstrappable.org/projects/java.html GNU Guix has that all automated. Cheers, Mark