----- Original Message ----- > On 08/20/2015 05:03 PM, Andrew Hughes wrote: > > The issue is that we're still supporting a version of OpenJDK/IcedTea where > > there is no previous version (6). > > Surely OpenJDK 6 can build itself. And in the unlikely event of an > entirely new architecture which has No OpenJDK we'd have to grab an > old GCJ and build it with that. > > If GCJ is included as part of GCC but is not maintained and tested, it > will soon rot. That isn't an option IMO. > > Andrew. >
I agree and I'm not saying keep it forever. Just give us a little time to adapt to its removal by obsoleting now and removing it in the next release cycle, rather than deleting it now six months before a release. It's not just "entirely new architecture"s that have no OpenJDK, but any system which, for whatever reason, doesn't have a binary available. GCC follows this process of obsolescence then removal for ports (e.g. [0]). I don't see why a language port should be any different. [0] https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-4.9/changes.html -- Andrew :) Senior 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
