[kaffe] kaffe 1.1.9 plans

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Kiyo Inaba wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> now that 1.1.8 is out, I wondered what people are planning on to do for
>> 1.1.9. I've got a couple of things on my list, please reply if there is
>> something else you're working on, or if there is something you're
>> interested in tackling.
> 
> I have several things on my list.
> But, since 1.1.9 is to use ECJ for compiling class libraries, I will
> concentrate on making self build works as many platforms as possible.
> At least, I'd like to make it work on {m68k,arm}/{linux,netbsd} without
> using cross build environment.

Thanks, Kiyo.

> Except for that, I may spend some time on
> 1) Fix Bug #99 (Segmentation fault in ARM11, I got ARM11 board finally)
> 2) Fix arm jit3 not to have dirty patch I submitted.
> 3) Make softfloat version of arm jit.
>     It is the MUST, if I want to support jit for arm/netbsd.
> 4) Make jit4 back ;-)
>     When I don't have any other thing, I am spending time for this
>     for the last several months ;-<

Thanks for working on these things, too.

>> We've got the migration classpath 0.95 ahead. I'd like to take that
>> opportunity to switch to using the system installation of gnu classpath,
>> and remove the source code for it from Kaffe, slimming down our tarball
>> & configure times.
> 
> BTW, it may fix Bug #95, since this bug is caused by extra CFLAGS passed
> to external configuration.

Right, one more reason to do it.

>> I'd also like to take another look at the various static build options,
>> and thin out the redundant ones.
> 
> Yes, please!

OK, I think I'll start with that.

>> I'd love to see the skyos port merged in for the next release.
> 
> One more interesting project is (as someone mentioned earlier), port
> kaffe to minix (as usual, I do not say i386/minix only).

Yeah, as long as someone volunteers to do it, I'm happy to merge their
patches in and ask Jim to give them CVS access.

>> The next release is tentatively scheduled for November 4th.
> 
> For the next two (or three) monthes, I may have several business
> trip to US or Europe, and I may (or may not) have extra time to
> tackle the code :-)

No worries. I just want to release on a more regular schedule, no matter
how much work was done, to make sure people get their fixes from
officially released versions, rather than having to rely on CVS head for
that.

cheers,
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