----- Original Message ----- > On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 01:04:04PM -0400, Andrew Hughes wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 04:07:13PM +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > > > > bump the libgcj soname on the trunk, as done for every release cycle, > > > > > > Is that really needed though these days? > > > Weren't there basically zero changes to libjava (both libjava and > > > libjava/classpath) in the last 2 or more years? > > > The few ones were mostly updating Copyright notices, minor configure > > > changes, but I really haven't seen anything ABI changing for quite a > > > while. > > > > > > > On the Classpath side, there's a bunch of stuff to merge in that would > > change the ABI. It's a matter of finding a good point at which to do it > > and time to do so. I keep missing the right point in the gcc lifecycle. > > Now might be a good time (any time next 6.5 months or so), and if that is > done, surely I have no issue with bumping the soname. >
Ok, that should be possible. > Jakub > -- Andrew :) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) PGP Key: ed25519/35964222 (hkp://keys.gnupg.net) Fingerprint = 5132 579D D154 0ED2 3E04 C5A0 CFDA 0F9B 3596 4222 PGP Key: rsa4096/248BDC07 (hkp://keys.gnupg.net) Fingerprint = EC5A 1F5E C0AD 1D15 8F1F 8F91 3B96 A578 248B DC07
