[THOUGHT] Open Java Compatibility Kit

Tom Tromey tromey@cygnus.com
Tue Oct 3 10:44:00 GMT 2000


>>>>> ">" == burtonator  <burton@relativity.yi.org> writes:

>> Anyway.  I think what is needed is another project... dedicated to
>> a Free implementation of the Java Compatibility Kit.

See

    http://sources.redhat.com/mauve/

It isn't worked on as much as we'd like, but still people do
occasionally add tests.  It also only really tests library stuff and
not VMs, which is a limitation.

For compiler front ends there is the IBM "Jacks" project.  I don't
have a URL handy.

>> - We need to support multiple regression targets.  IE JDK1.1,
>> JDK1.2.2, JDK1.3

Mauve does this.

Tom


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