Hi On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 12:46:36PM +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: > On 11/14/06, Ola Lundqvist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi > > > >Some people may remember that I was working for a couple of years > >on the java-policy, but stopped that after a while because it was so > >hard to get things working as Sun java was the "standard" and it could > >not go to main, or even non-free at that time. Now when Sun has changed > >their mind on this, then I get my enthuiasm back. :) > > I know your work and I thank you for that. It's good to see you back.
Thanks. > I'd like to invite you to join the Alioth's pkg-java project, are you > ok with that? Sure. > >On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 08:39:00AM +0100, Arnaud Vandyck wrote: > [...] > >> You need a jdk to bootstrap the compiler: > >> https://openjdk.dev.java.net/compiler/README.html#build > > > >Seems so. I hoped that I could use jvm from gcj or kaffe to build it. I > >have > >tried gij and gcj. Next try will be kaffe as I want to be able to build > >it with things from main only, so it can go to main. I'll make a few tries > >now. > > There are some discussions at classpath@gnu.org to try to build javac > and hotspot with classpath library. This could also be an option. Yes I agree. I have thought about that as well. > [...] > >> Please, go co-maintaining with people who already worked on the jdk > >package. > > > >I'll do that, especially for the jdk as that seems more complicated than > >the compiler. I have filed an ITP for that as well. :) > > People with interest about Sun's jdk in main, raise your keyboard in > the air, like you just care :-D (avdyk: hip hop fan). /me raising the keyboard in the air! ( Phew! nobody is looking. ;) Hard rock fan... :) ) Regards, // Ola > -- > Arnaud Vandyck > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- --------------------- Ola Lundqvist --------------------------- / [EMAIL PROTECTED] Annebergsslingan 37 \ | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 654 65 KARLSTAD | | +46 (0)54-10 14 30 +46 (0)70-332 1551 | | http://www.opal.dhs.org UIN/icq: 4912500 | \ gpg/f.p.: 7090 A92B 18FE 7994 0C36 4FE4 18A1 B1CF 0FE5 3DD9 / --------------------------------------------------------------- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
