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Matt T. Proud wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> Since I see that you wrote Gentoo's Java documentation, I thought that |
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> you might be the best person to whom I should direct this inquiry. |
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> I have been wondering as to whether Gentoo has any intentions of |
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> offering GNU Java a la GCC-GCJ as a functional Java engine, much like |
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> what Redhat did with Fedora Core 4. Are there any future plans to even |
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> offer GNU Java? |
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We already have it. You have to merge gcc with the 'gcj' useflag (and |
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possibly also 'gtk' if you want the Gtk+ AWT peers). |
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It is not available separately from gcc. After talking to the RedHat |
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guys, we decided to keep it in the gcc package. |
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That being said, we're not really spending too much time ensuring that |
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our packages work properly with gcj yet. We only have limited manpower, |
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and the gcj "platform" is currently a bit immature, though improving in |
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leaps and bounds. I know there have a few nice "poster-child examples" |
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which shows gcj really shines over a traditional JRE/JDK. |
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If you're interested in supplying patches for our existing packages, for |
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example the "poster-child examples", you're of course free to do so. I |
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suggest you mail gentoo-java@l.g.o about any such endeavour. |
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Cheers, |
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-- Karl T |
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