[fedora-java] New file layout for nativified rpms

[Gary Benson]

Tom Tromey wrote:
> >>>>> "Gary" == Gary Benson <gbenson at redhat.com> writes:
> Gary> I agree. But in the same way we probably can't guarantee
> Gary> compatibility between gcj-4.0.0-x and gcj-4.0.0-y.
> 
> We can always make mistakes... but we do try to guarantee that we
> don't break compatibility in this case, even in the 4.0.x series.

Ah, ok.  Is the BC-ABI immune to things like adding extra
members/methods to classes then?

> So far, as far as I know, 4.1 can use any BC-compiled object
> generated by 4.0.  However, we don't want to really promise that we
> won't break this in the future, as we might find some reason that we
> can't keep this working.
> 
> Our hope is that starting with 4.1 we can guarantee compatibility.

If compatibility _is_ broken, will it fail gracefully?

Cheers,
Gary