2014-09-03 19:11 GMT+02:00 Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi, > > On 09/03/2014 05:35 PM, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote: >> Hi Andrew, >> >> 2014-09-03 18:30 GMT+02:00 Andrew Haley <aph@xxxxxxxxxx>: >>> On 09/03/2014 05:12 PM, Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote: >>>> 1. Development of GNU Classpath seems to be stalled now (quoting from >>>> an earlier post from Andrew Haley: "I have to tell you that Classpath >>>> is not being actively developed, so your problem is unlikely to be >>>> fixed.") >>>> >>>> 2. This is due to the lack of manpower, which in turn is probably due >>>> to the lack of interested developers, but also to the fact that most >>>> of the development effort of the current team is going to OpenJDK >>>> instead. >>>> >>>> 3. Given the above, perhaps the current maintainers should consider >>>> switching priorities and start actively looking for a "competent >>>> successor" (as in lesson #5 of ESR's "The Cathedral and the Bazaar"). >>> >>> Your opinion has been noted. Now, what do *you* intend to do to help? >> >> I am willing to help where possible. Sending patches or bugfixes is OK >> (and I will do so if I come across any problems), but in my opinion >> this does not address the real problem. For example *I* cannot update >> the GNU Classpath page to list 0.99, and not 0.98, as the current >> version. > > Almost all of GNU Classpath is under source control, and patches are > welcome. A new version of the web page is welcome. Having said that, > I don't have access to the web page, but I think we can get it. I think updating the web page is badly needed. At least 0.99 should be listed, and perhaps it would be good to add a pointer to the Git repository -- I don't think CVS is very popular these days. Is the web page itself under source control? How can I contribute patches or updates to that? > >> What would you like me to do? How can I help ? > > I think I'd like people to fix problems when they find them. Sure! > "Update Classpath to Java 1.6." isn't a reasonable interim goal. Now that OpenJDK is available, Classpath cannot just aim to be "another OpenJDK". I think Classpath is a good match for embedded systems. And in that environment, compatibility with the latest Java versions is less important IMHO. -- Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia guille.rodriguez@xxxxxxxxx
