From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37692) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dBJwU-0000iK-NS for guix-patches@gnu.org; Thu, 18 May 2017 07:50:07 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dBJwQ-00050m-R6 for guix-patches@gnu.org; Thu, 18 May 2017 07:50:06 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:49372) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dBJwQ-00050i-Ne for guix-patches@gnu.org; Thu, 18 May 2017 07:50:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dBJwP-00033Z-UA for guix-patches@gnu.org; Thu, 18 May 2017 07:50:02 -0400 Subject: bug#26966: [PATCH 22/22] gnu: Remove GCJ. Resent-Message-ID: From: ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?=) References: <20170517171905.7840-1-rekado@elephly.net> <20170517171905.7840-22-rekado@elephly.net> <87bmqqlbwp.fsf@elephly.net> Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 13:49:19 +0200 In-Reply-To: <87bmqqlbwp.fsf@elephly.net> (Ricardo Wurmus's message of "Thu, 18 May 2017 12:03:34 +0200") Message-ID: <87a86a75c0.fsf@gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: Ricardo Wurmus Cc: 26966@debbugs.gnu.org Ricardo Wurmus skribis: > Roel Janssen 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. >>> --- > [=E2=80=A6] >> 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 It has been removed from the GCC sources and is no longer maintained, 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=E2=80=99t think we should cont= inue to > support it. We have no other users in Guix (I used to build Tuxguitar > with it, but later switched to IcedTea=E2=80=99s JDK) and the majority of= all > users of GCJ work just fine with the OpenJDK. I agree. Ludo=E2=80=99.