From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 8230 invoked by alias); 15 Sep 2014 07:34:48 -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 8220 invoked by uid 89); 15 Sep 2014 07:34:46 -0000 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_40,FREEMAIL_FROM,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-oi0-f46.google.com Received: from mail-oi0-f46.google.com (HELO mail-oi0-f46.google.com) (209.85.218.46) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.93/v0.84-503-g423c35a) with (AES128-SHA encrypted) ESMTPS; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 07:34:46 +0000 Received: by mail-oi0-f46.google.com with SMTP id g201so2238173oib.19 for ; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:34:44 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.65.8 with SMTP id t8mr25749127oes.47.1410766483922; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:34:43 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.202.105.20 with HTTP; Mon, 15 Sep 2014 00:34:43 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 07:34:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Next steps for GNU Classpath From: Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia To: Andrew Haley , "classpath@gnu.org" , "java@gcc.gnu.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-SW-Source: 2014-09/txt/msg00035.txt.bz2 Hello all, I'm going back to this question that Andrew asked a few days ago: 2014-09-04 22:15 GMT+02:00 Andrew Haley : > Everyone: let's have a proper discussion. Is there something we can > do with GNU Classpath that takes it further forward. And, if so, > what? What would our goals be? The following is my opinion only: Now that we have OpenJDK, most Java users will use that on "standard" environments such as desktop boxes. I would say that there is one distinct advantage of Classpath over OpenJDK, which is its smaller size and footprint. This makes it an excellent choice for embedded systems, where OpenJDK is probably too big, and full of features that are not always useful in an embedded environment. I think Classpath has an important opportunity in the embedded world as a "low-fat" class library for embedded JVMs. Best, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia guille.rodriguez@gmail.com