On Sunday 27 January 2008 18:21, Ian Clarke wrote:
> We definitely shouldn't merge this before the release, its benefit is
> somewhat abstract so far as I can see (is there even a point to GCJ
> any more now that Sun's Java is being GPL'd)?

There is no free, stable, fully functional java available at this point. 
IcedTea may eventually reach that, but it isn't there yet.
> 
> Of course, it would be preferable from an aesthetic perspective to
> avoid using sun.* classes, but such aesthetic benefits do not justify
> a significant change just before a release.
> 
> Ian.
> 
> On Jan 25, 2008 1:46 PM, Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> 
> wrote:
> > Any comments? It's a fair chunk of code but it would avoid the need to 
include
> > sun.* private classes which currently prevent the node from being built on
> > GCJ, while still having the ability to create SSL certificates for 
encrypted
> > HTTP/FCP/etc.
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