Re: GCJ ------ file type not supported by system

[Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia <guille.rodriguez@gmail.com>]

2014-09-03 19:11 GMT+02:00 Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com>:
> Hi,
>
> On 09/03/2014 05:35 PM, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote:
>> Hi Andrew,
>>
>> 2014-09-03 18:30 GMT+02:00 Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com>:
>>> 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.

I think updating the web page is badly needed. At least 0.99 should be
listed, and perhaps it would be good to add a pointer to the Git
repository -- I don't think CVS is very popular these days. Is the web
page itself under source control? How can I contribute patches or
updates to that?

>
>> What would you like me to do? How can I help ?
>
> I think I'd like people to fix problems when they find them.

Sure!

> "Update Classpath to Java 1.6." isn't a reasonable interim goal.

Now that OpenJDK is available, Classpath cannot just aim to be
"another OpenJDK". I think Classpath is a good match for embedded
systems. And in that environment, compatibility with the latest Java
versions is less important IMHO.


-- 
Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia
guille.rodriguez@gmail.com