Hi all. I thought I would post a short "heads up" message to let everyone know about the new Java compiler regression testing project hosted by the kind folks at IBM that brought you the Jikes Java compiler. The Jacks project is a "sister project" to Jikes, it seeks to provide a test suite to test how well a Java compiler adheres to the JLS. The cool thing about this project is that is also works with other Java compilers. The default configuration supports javac, jikes, gcj, and kaffe (kopi). Once a set of JLS test cases are created, they can be used with any of the free Java compiler projects. It is extremely easy to add a new test case and Jacks also includes an automated documentation generation tool, so the docs are always up to date. Jacks is licensed under the GPL. If you want to check out Jacks, here is the CVS info and the mailing list info. (CVS) setenv CVSROOT :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/cvs/jikes cvs login paswsd anoncvs cvs checkout jacks See the jacks/jacks.html file to get started. (MAILING LIST) (send subscribe message to) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (this should go in the message body) subscribe jacks (wait for conformation message, then reply with) auth XXXX subscribe jacks EMAIL After you have subscribed, you can post messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] cheers Mo DeJong Red Hat Inc
