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Subject: Re: PATCH RFA: Do not build java by default
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From: Geert Bosch <bosch@adacore.com>
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On Nov 1, 2010, at 00:30, Joern Rennecke wrote:
>> Feel free to enable Ada. Builds and tests faster than Java,
>> and is known to expose many more middle end bugs, including
>> ones that require non-call exceptions.
> 
> 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. 

  -Geert