Re: About gcj present and future

[Ernesto <ernesto.bascon@gmail.com>]

>> 3. I read somewhere that gcj is in "active maintenance mode". Does
>> that mean that we can trust it will be available in next versions of
>> gcc? Or is there some plan to discontinue it? I want to start an app
>> on it and I would want to know it will be available for several years
>> now (CNI interface is a very amazing piece of technology).
>
> Well, yes.  Good question.  I'd love to restart active development of
> GCJ, but OpenJDK is free software and is way ahead in terms of
> features.  GCJ has some advantages, but so far these haven't been enough
> to persuade people to work on it.  If we don't do something soon it
> may be too late.

Could you please elaborate more on "way ahead in terms of features"?
 Which features, for example?

 Must we rely on the Java Class Libraries? Providing a nice set of
 classes (an alternative framework) would be a feasible way to turn gcj
 into a new life? (another UI framework, implementations on top of
 existing native libre/open source, etc) As I told you in my first
 email, I am new on gcj so maybe the things I'm writing on are unreal,
 unfeasible or completely not applicable.


> Andrew.

Thanks!


Ernesto