From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 21534 invoked by alias); 8 Jan 2013 17:46:28 -0000 Received: (qmail 21481 invoked by uid 22791); 8 Jan 2013 17:46:27 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE,TW_GC X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from mail-la0-f45.google.com (HELO mail-la0-f45.google.com) (209.85.215.45) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:46:21 +0000 Received: by mail-la0-f45.google.com with SMTP id ep20so787393lab.18 for ; Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:46:20 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.152.112.36 with SMTP id in4mr62906311lab.35.1357667180220; Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:46:20 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.112.96.130 with HTTP; Tue, 8 Jan 2013 09:46:20 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <50EBEC84.3030509@redhat.com> References: <50EBEC84.3030509@redhat.com> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:46:00 -0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: About gcj present and future From: Ernesto To: Andrew Haley Cc: java@gcc.gnu.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes 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 X-SW-Source: 2013-01/txt/msg00002.txt.bz2 >> 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