Re: libgcj and GNU Classpath

[Paul Reilly <preilly at allaire dot com>]

Anthony Green <green@cygnus.com> writes:

> As an initial integration solution, we'd like for Classpath to act
> as an upstream source provider for libgcj.  We'd add a make target
> to Classpath which would build a tar-ball of source suitable for
> importing into libgcj.  All source changes would go into the
> Classpath CVS tree, and the libgcj tree would be periodically
> updated.

I've been toying around with doing a CNI port of the java.awt classes
from Classpath.  If I get my employer to allow me to contribute the
work that I have done, where would this logically go.  For now, I've
created a cni directory that mirrors the native directory in my
Classpath CVS checkout.

> Another possibility is that we totally merge libgcj's class libraries
> and Classpath together using Classpath's VM integration hooks.  Such
> integration, of course, would have to result in an environment that is
> as fast as libgcj's current hooks between the class libraries and the
> gcj execution environment.
> 
> Help merging our projects together will be greatly appreciated.  We
> need to address overlapping classes and make sure that only the best
> portions of our class libraries exist in the merged distribution.
> 
> This is a good day for the free software movement.

I totally agree.  Thanks for making it happen.

-Paul