Looking at the vala source code, we can bootstrap the current version
from 0.39.5.8, which appears to be between release cycles – 0.39.6
already requires it, whereas 0.39.5 bootstraps from 0.25.1. I'm not
sure how to get 0.25.1 to build from source, though. The code in vala-
bootstrap does not appear helpful, it in fact reads exactly like Vala-
compiled Vala.
Cheers
I've now hosted my own vala-bootstrap [1], which has valacompiler.c and
gee translated to more readable C already. I'd be happy to take in
patches or transfer it to the bootstrappable project.
Cheers
[1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/lilyp/vala-bootstrap
An easier route to bootstrap Vala could be the archeological approach:
Oldest commit(SVN import): 68f95ffe3aef82aac0fb7bbc65d1faab19902e3c
Last commit with only C code(except for tests written in Vala):
c300d9c3d0af08f628b6c260bdd32f431a47e0f2
Became self-hosting(it still bootstraps with written C code under valac/):
29a1dec53a4661779cc819ede69732c6c1118088
Removed bootstrappability(removed valac/ directory and uses Vala-generated C
code under ccode/): 35bd6909ba2b8467ba95dfe6360e7a7e227115c8
Oldest release: VALA_0_0_1
This information should make it possible to bootstrap Vala.
