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Subject: bug#26966: [PATCH 22/22] gnu: Remove GCJ.
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From: Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org>
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Ricardo Wurmus writes:

> Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Ricardo Wurmus writes:
>>
>>> * gnu/packages/patches/gcj-arm-mode.patch: Remove file.
>>> * gnu/local.mk (dist_patch_DATA): Delete it.
>>> * gnu/packages/gcc.scm (javac.in, gcj, ecj-bootstrap): Remove variables.
>>> ---
> […]
>> Ok, so this is not needed anymore to bootstrap the JDK, but isn't there
>> any other use for/user of GCJ?
>
> It has been removed from the GCC sources and is no longer maintained,
> and it contains pre-built binaries.  I don’t think we should continue to
> support it.  We have no other users in Guix (I used to build Tuxguitar
> with it, but later switched to IcedTea’s JDK) and the majority of all
> users of GCJ work just fine with the OpenJDK.

Okay.  I personally don't use GCJ either.  If anyone uses it, now is the
time to speak up.. :-)

If nobody else has a problem with removing it, then this is LGTM.

Kind regards,
Roel Janssen