This is the mail archive of the java@gcc.gnu.org mailing list for the Java project.

Index Nav:	[Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav:	[Date Prev] [Date Next]	[Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format:	[Raw text]

Re: gcc/gcj 4.1 release notes

From: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
To: Mohan Embar <gnustuff at thisiscool dot com>
Cc: Mark Wielaard <mark at klomp dot org>, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 15:32:13 +0000
Subject: Re: gcc/gcj 4.1 release notes
References: <1132924602.5509.34.camel@localhost.localdomain> <C8X4W2Y61RQXWGEBA3VC70997OLHBQK.43872bd4@pc300>

Mohan Embar writes:
 > >Slashdot announced the availability of gcc 4.1 with integrated GNU
 > >Classpath (it even runs Azureus now!). Grin.
 > 
 > This announcement is a bit bittersweet for me because
 > 4.1 is the first release since 3.3 where java doesn't work
 > on Win32.

We don't know whether gcj 4.1 will work on Win32.  That all depends on
someone fixing the bugs.

 > I wish I had more time to work on this.
 > 
 > What are the options for fixing this, if I or someone else ever
 > manages to pinpoint everything that's wrong?  (There seem to be
 > threading, networking and SEH-related problems once you work past
 > bootloader issues but I haven't been able to investigate fully.)
 > Make changes to 4.2? Wait for a 4.1.x release?

It just needs someone willing to do the work who is prepared to work on
a proprietary platform.

Andrew.

References:
- gcc/gcj 4.1 release notes
  - From: Mark Wielaard
- Re: gcc/gcj 4.1 release notes
  - From: Mohan Embar

Index Nav:	[Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav:	[Date Prev] [Date Next]	[Thread Prev] [Thread Next]