Re: [Jamvm-general] What's the status of jamvm 1.6.0?

[Thomas De S. <pat...@gm...>]

Hi Robert,

On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 1:20 PM, Robert Lougher <rob...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
> In the past JamVM only worked with GNU Classpath, and I made regular
> releases to tie in with that.  However, since 2010, JamVM development
> has mainly focused on OpenJDK support.  The IcedTea project (which
> packages JamVM and OpenJDK) does not rely on releases as they
> periodically take a snapshot from git.

Thanks for this background.

>
> Having said that, I have since discovered that IcedTea would also
> prefer to work with "official" releases.  So I do want to go back to a
> release model.  I have just finished OpenJDK 8 support so now seems a
> good time to do a release.  There have also been many bugs fixed, and
> tightening of standards compliancy which will also affect GNU
> Classpath.  However, before I do a release I have to test with Mauve
> (GNU Classpath test suite).  I mostly run with OpenJDK now, so I need
> to ensure that the OpenJDK work hasn't broken anything with GNU
> Classpath.  My intention was to do this over the weekend, so hopefully
> if no problems show up there should be a new release in a couple of
> days.
>

That sounds great, thanks a lot! This will definitely help the
Buildroot project.

Best regards,
Thomas