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Re: Java tools
- To: "Nic Ferrier" <nferrier at tapsellferrier dot co dot uk>
- Subject: Re: Java tools
- From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
- Date: 10 Jul 2001 09:29:31 -0600
- Cc: java at gcc dot gnu dot org, classpath at gnu dot org, classpathx-discuss at gnu dot org
- References: <sb49c96a.076@tapsellferrier.co.uk>
- Reply-To: tromey at redhat dot com
>>>>> "Nic" == Nic Ferrier <nferrier@tapsellferrier.co.uk> writes:
Nic> It seems that the code doesn't really fit into any of the current
Nic> GNU projects:
Nic> - not kaffe, japhar or GCJ because it's not a compiler or VM
Nic> - not Classpath because it's not core libs
Nic> - not Classpathx because it's not an extension
Nic> I have proposed to Julian that a new GNU project be setup called:
Nic> java-tools. We can put things like javadoc and jar-tool
Nic> implementations under that project.
Nic> Does anyone have any objections to that?
I don't have a real objection. But I think that adding a new project
every time does make things more difficult. I'd prefer to see us
simply expand the mandate of, say, Classpath and then just put more
things in it.
Tom