GNU Classpath 0.92 release schedule and FC6test3 backport

[Thomas Fitzsimmons]

Hi,

I'm wondering when GNU Classpath 0.92 is scheduled to be released.  I'm trying 
to plan for another backport before FC6test3.

My main interest in a backport is pulling all the GUI improvements from GNU 
Classpath 0.92 to FC6test3, since there are some major ones including fixes for 
crashers.  But I know that you're more interested in a complete backport, 
because it makes subsequent merges easier.

I'm going on vacation next week, so if possible, I'd like for us to make a 
decision on our plan by tomorrow, so that I can start merging/testing 
immediately when I get back.

Tom

[Mark Wielaard]

Hi Tom,

On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 15:57 -0400, Thomas Fitzsimmons wrote:
> I'm wondering when GNU Classpath 0.92 is scheduled to be released.

When it is ready! :)

Seriously, the branch is cooking and it is looking good. I don't expect
any delays, except lake of time, to hold it up for more than a couple of
days. The only blocker seems to be the gconf-pref-peers as discussed on
the classpath mailinglist now. And there are various fixes and
workarounds proposed already. Basically 0.92-pre is done, we are just
making super sure it is absolutely regression free.
> I'm trying to plan for another backport before FC6test3.

Yeah!
> My main interest in a backport is pulling all the GUI improvements from GNU 
> Classpath 0.92 to FC6test3, since there are some major ones including fixes for 
> crashers.  But I know that you're more interested in a complete backport, 
> because it makes subsequent merges easier.

And because the upstream package as a whole has been tested a lot.
Picking and choosing just "the right bits" is just much more work. And
there is of course no perfect break between gui code and non-gui code.
sometimes you just really need some of the non-gui fixes to get the gui
to actually work. Also I think the other distros are more interested in
having a full backport available.
> I'm going on vacation next week, so if possible, I'd like for us to make a 
> decision on our plan by tomorrow, so that I can start merging/testing 
> immediately when I get back.

What is really needed for merging in 0.92 into libgcj is someone that
goes over the new configure options (like --enable-gconf-peer,
--enable-plugin) and make sure the defaults are right for gcc probably
--disabled instead of --enabled as in classpath. So if you could look at
that using the 0.92-pre merge as a start that would be great.

You can find a preliminary merge of 0.92-pre to libgcj in the following
thread: http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java/2006-07/msg00102.html

Cheers,

Mark

[Mark Wielaard]

Hi,

A little update.

On Fri, 2006-08-04 at 12:09 +0200, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 15:57 -0400, Thomas Fitzsimmons wrote:
> > I'm wondering when GNU Classpath 0.92 is scheduled to be released.
>
> When it is ready! :)

Which was last week:
http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=4573
> > I'm trying to plan for another backport before FC6test3.
>
> Yeah!
>
> What is really needed for merging in 0.92 into libgcj is someone that
> goes over the new configure options (like --enable-gconf-peer,
> --enable-plugin) and make sure the defaults are right for gcc probably
> --disabled instead of --enabled as in classpath. So if you could look at
> that using the 0.92-pre merge as a start that would be great.

I did that last weekend and the result is available now on the gcj
patches list. It will hit svn as soon as I get an ack that it is OK to
commit.

Then we can start working on the backport and make sure that everything
works OK. Mathias, the Debian/Ubuntu gcc packager, has also been helping
with testing and backporting. So I hope we will some nice cross distro
upgrade.

Cheers,

Mark