Re: libgcj for win32

["Jon Beniston" <jon at sentinelware dot freeserve dot co dot uk>]

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Sturm <jsturm@sigma6.com>
To: Anthony Green <green@cygnus.com>
Cc: <jb7216@bristol.ac.uk>; <tromey@cygnus.com>
Sent: 16 January 2000 17:56
Subject: Re: libgcj for win32


>
>
> On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Anthony Green wrote:
> > This is great Jon.  Your web site says:
> >
> > "The source code is not currently available as it is in a
> > pre-neanderthal state. It will, however, at some point in the future
> > be added in to the main libgcj distribution."
> >
> > Excellent - I would very much like patches in the main distribution.
> > However, libgcj's license (the LGPL) compels you make sources
> > available for any binary release, no matter what state they're in.
> > Can you please put them up on your site?
>
> For that matter, it's erroneous to assume that the patches aren't useful
> to someone in a "pre-neanderthal" state.  There are volunteers who can
> help get them ready for inclusion in libgcj, including the necessary
> autoconf hacking.
>

Yeah, I agree. However, I've got to convert them all to GNU style formatting
+ I have absolutley no idea how to use diff or patch! (Sorry, I aint no Unix
guru). I'll make them available very soon.

Jon.