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Some questions regarding contributing
- From: Andrew Haley <aph at redhat dot com>
- To: "Gueven Bay" <guevenbay at web dot de>
- Cc: java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 12:59:28 +0000
- Subject: Some questions regarding contributing
- References: <200402171239.i1HCdDQ18108@mailgate5.cinetic.de>
Gueven Bay writes:
> I want to help the gcj project.
>
> But I have some questions:
>
> a) There is a "src.zip" archive coming with the installation of the
> Sun JDK that contains the implementation of the Java API's.
> Are you working with this archive?
No.
> Can I look into these archive to
> get some ideas how to implement the classes for gcj?
No.
> Or do you developing blindly only with the help of the Spec Books?
That's right. In fact, if you have read Sun's source we can't accept
any patches from you.
> b) If you don't look into this "src.zip" how can you generate the
> comparison between libgcj and jdk14(for example) ?
> c)In the table that shows the diffs of libgcj vs Classpath what
> does the "VM-specific" and "GCJ-specific" mean? Have I to use some
> special software to merge Classpath with libgcj or can I do it
> manually?
You shouldn't do this merge. We do that.
> d) Is there any testsuite that compares the results of libgcj
> (Classpath) against the results of the Sun JDK - i mean a
> comparison method by method - ? This should proof that you are
> implementing the Spec's in the right way.
Yes. There are several. We use Mauve.
Andrew.