[patch] update ecj to ecj-3.8.2/4.2.2
Andrew Hughes
gnu.andrew@redhat.com
Mon Apr 15 21:34:00 GMT 2013
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Matthias Klose" <doko@ubuntu.com>
> > To: "GCJ-patches" <java-patches@gcc.gnu.org>
> > Cc: "Jon VanAlten" <jon.vanalten@redhat.com>, classpath@gnu.org, "Tom
> > Tromey" <tromey@redhat.com>
> > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 6:21:45 AM
> > Subject: [patch] update ecj to ecj-3.8.2/4.2.2
> >
> > It looks like this ecj is already used
> > within the Fedora disto, however only locally patched (at least I couldn't
> > find
> > any mail sent to java-patches).
> >
>
> My bad. I honestly didn't have any idea what the upstream process would be.
> My
> history in the free java world starts after openjdk/icedtea, so all the gcj
> fluff isn't really known well to me, and I don't really know where to look
> for
> information (pointers appreciated! :D ). So I sort of let it slip through
> the cracks.
>
> I did bring it up on an earlier thread[1], and it seems like by accident it
> also went to java-patches. Now I know for next time, if and when there is a
> next time.
>
Don't feel bad, Jon. It's not your fault. I was around for "the gcj fluff"
(perhaps wording it better would be a good idea though) and I still have no
idea how this is updated, despite asking on this list at least once.
And to be honest, I still don't.
> cheers,
> jon
>
> [1]
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-March/022168.html
>
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