Hi, On Fri, 2002-03-08 at 20:15, Wes Biggs wrote: > John Leuner wrote: > >>they didn't appear in Classpath, and gave me a clean compile even though > >>I was expecting failure (because I referenced java.util.regex, which is > >>not yet in Classpath). > > > > How should we build Classpath without regex? > > I think the short answer right now is that Classpath doesn't support > regex, so those classes would have to come from rt.jar.
Please no. Classpath is now at a point that it can be compiled with only free tools. Please keep it that way. I think the String changes should not have been checked in. For classes that are really standalone and that you want to have in the CVS repository you can add them to the lib/standard.omit file so they don't interfere with the build (although I would like to keep that file as small as possible, ideally it would be empty). If that is really not a option then you should either work on a branch or check in stub classes. Please, please, please, always keep the tree compiling and working with the VM-interface we currently have. Sometimes you have to break it to make progress, but in that case please warn everybody by posting your patch to the mailinglist first before you check in and explain what people should do to keep on working with their current setup. Maybe we could define a minimum setup that is "easy" for everybody to get working? I would propose using jikes (1.15+) and orp (1.0.9+) as the minimum setup that always needs to work for compiling/running Hello World with Classpath. That way someone can always fall back to Is Classpath/Jikes/Orp available on all platforms that the Classpath hackers currently use? Orp might be a bit x86 specific, but no other free VM is currently so easy to use with Classpath out of the box. Does the Classpath build work on a MSWindows/CygWin (sp?) system? > However, I am working on getting java.util.regex code into Classpath -- > per the discussion last week I would like to check in the > java.util.regex classes and update the build to use the gnu.regexp JAR > to compile against. > > Email me if you want code right away. How long before this work will be finished? Would it be possible to create stubs from your code at the moment? If yes, then please send them to me and I will do it and check them in so the tree at least builds again. Thanks, Mark _______________________________________________ Classpath mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/classpath
