On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Mathieu Lirzin <m...@gnu.org> wrote: > Hello, > > Currently Automake supports two ways of compiling Java code. One is > with the 'javac' compiler which is deprecated on the Automake side, and > the other (the recommanded one) which uses GCJ. Relying on GCJ feels > outdated since GCJ has been removed from GCC since version 7 and is not > distributed on recent Debian/Fedora/Ubuntu distributions anymore. > > As a consequence, I am considering removing Java support. Before > doing that, I would like to consult others, particularly people who may > still rely on those features. My questions are the followings: > > - Should we remove GCJ support? > - Should we remove javac support? > - Should we undeprecate javac support?
Undeprecate, please. I use automake's java support quite a bit, as I have numerous projects that are mostly other languages, but that include some java utilities. It is very nice to manage everything from a single autoconf / automake setup. In fact, we picked automake exactly because it supported every required language. Please do not remove this support. > - When should it be done (1.16/1.17/...) ? > > If some of you have still access to GCJ, I would be grateful if they > could help with bug#24895 [1] which can't be adressed otherwise. > > Thanks. > > [1] https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=24895 > > -- > Mathieu Lirzin > GPG: F2A3 8D7E EB2B 6640 5761 070D 0ADE E100 9460 4D37 >
