Hi Nico, You bring up an interesting point. The whole discussion around adding GNU Java and GNU Ada seems more like a business discussion to me. The issues are time and resources to do the extra work versus the benefit. Should it be handled as part of the ARC case or should it be handled elsewhere?
Thanks, George Nicolas Williams wrote: > On Wed, Jan 07, 2009 at 04:24:23PM -0800, George Vasick wrote: >> Is there a business case for adding GCJ or GNAT? Are there any RFEs or >> VOC data? > > Given Sun's focus on integrating FOSS into OpenSolaris I would think > that the answer to your is a resounding "yes" and that there should be > no need to go point you at a specific business case. I strongly > recommend that you don't exclude *any* functionality here *unless* you > either have trouble building it or have some other significant roadblock > to integration. That GCJ or GNAT were not included earlier is not a > good business reason to exclude them now. > > Quite aside from that, business matters are not relevant at the ARC. > > Nico
