GCJ with OpenJDK Java API instead of GNU Classpath

[Andrew Haley]

Mark Wielaard wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-05-07 at 16:28 +0100, Andrew John Hughes wrote:
>> 2009/5/7 Chris Gray <chris.gray@kiffer.be>:
>>> Quoth Andrew John Hughes:
>>>>> Huh?  I was assuming Java compatibility was the goal.
>>> Compatibility with the non-existent specification for Java 7, or with the
>>> equally non-existent JCK for Java 7 (for which there is no JSR)? <G, D & R>
>>>
>> Neither; the JCK for OpenJDK6 which the builds of IcedTea in Fedora have passed:
>> http://openjdk.java.net/groups/conformance/
> 
> I don't think that is a serious option, that is only available under NDA
> and only granted to people who sign an SCA with Sun and even then access
> is only granted if Sun feels like it.

So why is it not a serious option?

> That said, adopting something like jigsaw for the core class library and
> then having the option to switch modules seems a fine idea.
> Compatibility is much more about running actually code than some opaque
> proprietary test suite.

It's about *both*.  All the JCK does is make sure you've implemented the
APIs as specified.

Andrew.