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Forgot something useful |
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On Sat, 18 Nov 2017 09:50:51 -0500 |
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"William L. Thomson Jr." <wlt-ml@××××××.com> wrote: |
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> Otherwise yes, unless icedtea-bin exist for that arch. Boostrapping |
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> in a post gcc-jdk/java 7 world will be difficult, If not impossible |
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> for some archs. |
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That is also the main reason for Icedtea project existence beyond having |
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a FOSS harness to build/boostrap OpenJDK/Java. Oracle JDK may only |
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support certain archs. If you want to build on another, that is where |
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Icedtea plays a role. Though again still have other issues, Hotspot, |
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Zero, OpenJ9, legacy JamVM, etc. |
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Me personally I wish Oracle/Sun had kept JRockit as an alternative as |
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well. It was merged into HotSpot. Or released with Hotspot in OpenJDK |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JRockit |
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Thus there is some reason for Icedtea project to exists beyond just |
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legal/licensing. |
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William L. Thomson Jr. |
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