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Re: [patch] [java] bump libgcj soname
- From: Andrew Hughes <gnu dot andrew at redhat dot com>
- To: Jakub Jelinek <jakub at redhat dot com>
- Cc: Matthias Klose <doko at ubuntu dot com>, GCJ-patches <java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org>, gcc-patches at gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 13:04:04 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: [patch] [java] bump libgcj soname
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- References: <55365991 dot 4030806 at ubuntu dot com> <20150421141125 dot GW1725 at tucnak dot redhat dot com>
----- Original Message -----
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 04:07:13PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote:
> > bump the libgcj soname on the trunk, as done for every release cycle,
>
> Is that really needed though these days?
> Weren't there basically zero changes to libjava (both libjava and
> libjava/classpath) in the last 2 or more years?
> The few ones were mostly updating Copyright notices, minor configure
> changes, but I really haven't seen anything ABI changing for quite a while.
>
On the Classpath side, there's a bunch of stuff to merge in that would
change the ABI. It's a matter of finding a good point at which to do it
and time to do so. I keep missing the right point in the gcc lifecycle.
> Jakub
>
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