Peter Lemenkov wrote: > 2008/7/4 Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > [skipped] > >>> I'm interested because some packages still built with GCJ, and I'm >>> curious why they still not rebuild with (for example) OpenJDK? > >> Why not? > > Is it the only reason? They already build perfectly well with gcj, so I can't see anything to be gained by changing them. >>> Another question - what's the future of GCJ/ECJ in Fedora? Will they >>> be superseded by OpenJDK? > >> It's a big job to answer all that. Ultimately it will be limited >> by the number of people available to do the work, and we're trying >> to plan all that. Be aware that full OpenJDK support is only >> available on a few platforms, so there are gaps to fill. > > What gaps? Most non-x86 platforms. We have an interpreter-only port of OpenJDK for other platforms, which works well but is rather slow. Andrew. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
