Re: [patch] update ecj to ecj-3.8.2/4.2.2

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> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Matthias Klose" <[email protected]>
> > To: "GCJ-patches" <[email protected]>
> > Cc: "Jon VanAlten" <[email protected]>, [email protected], "Tom
> > Tromey" <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 6:21:45 AM
> > Subject: [patch] update ecj to ecj-3.8.2/4.2.2
> > 
> > It looks like this ecj is already used
> > within the Fedora disto, however only locally patched (at least I couldn't
> > find
> > any mail sent to java-patches).
> > 
> 
> My bad.  I honestly didn't have any idea what the upstream process would be.
> My
> history in the free java world starts after openjdk/icedtea, so all the gcj
> fluff isn't really known well to me, and I don't really know where to look
> for
> information (pointers appreciated!  :D  ).  So I sort of let it slip through
> the cracks.
> 
> I did bring it up on an earlier thread[1], and it seems like by accident it
> also went to java-patches.  Now I know for next time, if and when there is a
> next time.
> 

Don't feel bad, Jon.  It's not your fault.  I was around for "the gcj fluff"
(perhaps wording it better would be a good idea though) and I still have no
idea how this is updated, despite asking on this list at least once.

And to be honest, I still don't.

> cheers,
> jon
> 
> [1]
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-March/022168.html
> 

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