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Re: [PATCH, libjava/classpath]: Fix overriding recipe for target 'gjdoc' build warning
- From: Andrew Hughes <gnu dot andrew at redhat dot com>
- To: Tom Tromey <tom at tromey dot com>
- Cc: Jeff Law <law at redhat dot com>, Uros Bizjak <ubizjak at gmail dot com>, gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, java-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org, Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 22:34:59 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: [PATCH, libjava/classpath]: Fix overriding recipe for target 'gjdoc' build warning
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----- Original Message -----
> Jeff> It's probably time for the occasional discussion WRT dropping
> Jeff> gcj/libjava from the default languages and replace them with either
> Jeff> Ada or Go.
>
> It's long past time to remove it. It's only had minimal maintenance for
> years now. No one is writing new features for it or fixing bugs. There
> aren't any significant users.
>
> I've always felt I should be the one to pull the trigger. If this is
> acceptable I can take a stab at preparing a patch.
>
> I thought maybe this would also enable deleting boehm-gc, zlib, or
> libffi; but I see now they all have other users in the tree now.
>
> Tom
>
No, it isn't. It's still a necessity for initial bootstrapping of OpenJDK/IcedTea.
By all means, disable it as a default but don't remove it.
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