RE: [Java-gnome-developer] Re: java autoconf macros

[Luca De R. <pie...@li...>]

Il mar, 2003-12-16 alle 22:11, Jeffrey Morgan ha scritto:
> > > Anyway, I think a lot of configury changes are needed to 
> > cleanly support
> > > gcj-only builds, and it's probably not a priority right 
> > now, with the
> > > gnome-bindings deadline approaching.  Configury changes can be made
> > > without affecting binary or source compatibility. :)
> > Good point. I think making everyone build the gcj builds will 
> > make them
> > more likely to try them out too, which has got to be a good thing. 
> 
> I have just discovered that gcj is now a requirement to build java-gnome.
> I do not believe this is a good thing.  This requirement and the requirement
> of autoconf 2.58 will mean that many developers will not be able to download
> and build the bindings without the headache of first building the tools.
> I think gcj build should be optional.  If the developer does use this
> option then we could build the native versions of the jar files as well.
> What do you think?
- gcj optional, it should build native jars too
- use autoconf < 2.58
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Luca De Rugeriis <pie...@li...>