Re: [Sablevm-developer] Priority list

[Grzegorz B. P. <ga...@de...>]

W li=B6cie z pon, 24-02-2003, godz. 06:19, Prof. Etienne M. Gagnon pisze:=20
> Hi again,
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> I,d like to start drafting a list of tasks to be done in SableVM,
> along with priorities.
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> Please contribute any suggestion for improving the following list:
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> In descending priority:
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> - Get SableVM to run with latest Jikes.
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> - Update to latest GNU Classpath CVS snapshot.
(*)

> - Merge all SableVM-specific changes into official GNU Classpath CVS
>   (along with proposal to use m4 preprocessor for managing VM-specific
>   library code).

- Get the GTK-peers working (so far kissme seems to be best here)
It could be probably even at (*) position after merge w/ latest
classpath.

> - Improve abstraction layer for specifying inlinability of bytecode
>   implementations.
Hmm... did you have to make some arch-specific changes there?
=46rom what I understood - as long as we keep using GCC - we shouldn't
see much problems here. Or maybe you think of speeding things up on
some arches where GCC produces better inlinable code?

> - Include a regression suite (like Mauve), and automate daily checks
>   for failures in CVS snapshot.
> Anything else?  Different priorities?  Your opinion is important.

I also would like to see some one-for-all build script.=20

I am considering to either contribute to Bruno's script (but that
would require not only some improvements but also changes as I don't
agree on some of the ways it does things) or to extend my script
(which, keep in mind, has been written for pure fun between 0am and 3am
in the late night/morning) to be seriously usable.

The main lack I see in mine script are the missing options for
compiling sablevm in different ways.

The very serious question is whether my approach of "swiss-army-knife"
is right (Chris says that Bruno's script is easier to read, so there's
probably sth. wrong with mine).

Cheers,

				Grzegorz B. Prokopski
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Grzegorz B. Prokopski <ga...@de...>
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