Should we remove java from the default bootstrap languages?

[Andrew Haley]

Diego Novillo wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 16:56, Kaveh R. GHAZI <ghazi@caip.rutgers.edu> wrote:
> 
>> That aside, our current policy already allows e.g. not testing java if
>> your change is to a part of the compiler that can't possible affect it.
> 
> I didn't make it completely clear, but my suggestion was mostly to
> help us middle/back-end hackers.

Kaveh does have a point, Diego.  The libjava build regularly finds middle-end
problems that are not revealed by bootstrap testing.  So, even though you
may not think that the libjava build is useful to middle/back-end hackers,
it probably is.

Andrew.