Re: add support for x86_64-w64-mingw32 and cut the fat from libgcj

On 25/12/17 00:33, R0b0t1 wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 24, 2017 at 1:44 PM, Yale Zhang <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Greetings. I have a patch that allows GNU java to target MingW64
>> (host=GNU/Linux only). Are you guys still taking patches now that Java
>> has been removed from GCC 7? Or would it be more appropriate to host
>> it on my own website or instructables.com?
>>
> My questions in a similar vein led to the suggestion to use the last
> version that supported GCJ. Development on this version has stopped.
> 
> On the other hand, I am interested in your work, and know of at least
> a few people who would be; hosting it publicly would be a good idea.
> If GCC could accept the patches I suspect it would be beneficial, but
> the people to review your contributions may no longer exist.
> 

We exist, but it's hard for me to understand exactly what you may have
in mind.  At some point all of the GCC branches which support GCJ will
be finished, so this isn't a long-term possibility.  I don't even know
if there are any open GCC branches with GCJ support.  Having said that,
I'm quite happy to accept mingw patches if there is a live branch to
apply them to.

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Andrew Haley
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