PATCH RFA: Do not build java by default

[Paolo Bonzini]

On 11/01/2010 11:47 AM, Joern Rennecke wrote:
> Quoting Geert Bosch <bosch@adacore.com>:
>
>> On Nov 1, 2010, at 00:30, Joern Rennecke wrote:
>>> But to get that coverage, testers will need to have gnat installed.
>>> Will that become a requirement for middle-end patch regression testing?
>>
>> No, the language will only be built if a suitable bootstrap compiler
>> is present.
>
> I know that. My question was aimed at soliciting opinions on patch
> submission policy in the case that libjava build & testing are dropped
> from standard bootstrap tests.

You already need to have ecj installed, so it's one dependency more and 
one less.

Paolo