Hi,
currently there are 3 patches waiting to go into GNU Classpath from
Jikes RVM:
1) Thread Local improvements:
http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-185
http://jikesrvm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/jikesrvm/rvmroot/trunk/build/components/patches/classpath-cvs.RVM-185.patch?revision=13369&view=markup
I believe this is stalled waiting for Daniel's FSF paper work. This
patch would be a big performance win for many VMs.
2) ZipEntry improvements:
http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-392
http://jikesrvm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/jikesrvm/rvmroot/trunk/build/components/patches/classpath-cvs.RVM-392.patch?revision=14005&view=markup
This patch cleans up the use of Calendar in ZipEntry and avoids
unnecessary bouncing between UNIX and DOS time formats. Possible
bootstrap issues were raised by Tom Tromey, so the patch is still
pending. Here's the e-mail thread:
http://www.nabble.com/RFC%3A-tweaks-to-java.util.zip.ZipEntry-to15289313.html#a15289313
3) AIX build fix:
http://jira.codehaus.org/browse/RVM-526
http://jikesrvm.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/jikesrvm/rvmroot/trunk/build/components/patches/classpath-cvs.RVM-526.patch?revision=14551&view=markup
This is a small patch that fixes a problem for builds on AIX, I believe
it would be safe to commit it.
I'd like to push these patches up stream. For 2 and 3 please could
people complain if they think they are an issue for their VM, I believe
they are both steps in the right direction. For 1 could someone chase up
the paper work?
Thanks,
Ian Rogers
