Re: GCJ ------ file type not supported by system

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On 4 September 2014 12:31, Christopher Friedt <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> On Sep 3, 2014 12:13 PM, "Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia" <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> > > If someone wants to take the project, the best thing to do is to start
> > > contributing patches. After all, how can the maintainer know if someone
> > > is seriously willing to take his role if there lack of a serious and
> > > recent contribution flow?
>
> > I've been eavesdropping on this bread a bit. Personally, I don't really
> care who is maintaining classpath, but I still use it regularly for
> embedded Java on several architectures.
>

I'll assume that's meant to be 'thread' ;) Eavesdropping on baked goods
doesn't sound as promising.


> There are even a few patches I've been using for years that I would like
> to get upstream as configurable features. I did submit these to the list,
> if I'm not mistaken,but never received any feedback. In particular,
>
> 1) a patch to allow mmaping special files (e.g. /dev/video0) via
> MappedByteBuffer FileChannel.map()
> 2) a patch that implements direct ByteBuffers (i.e. reducing the JNI
> overhead per-transaction) that extends the ability to CharBuffers,
> ShortBuffers, LongBuffers, etc.
>
> If I am not able to get these patches upstream (even with some reworking),
> I'm effectively maintaining a fork, which I would rather not do.
>

I've not seen either of these. Please resubmit them and we can look at
getting them in.


> A gift repository would, of course, be a welcome improvement :-)
>
> C
>

We have one: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/classpath.git/log/
-- 
Andii :-)

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><br><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail=
_quote">On 4 September 2014 12:31, Christopher Friedt <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt=
;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">chrisfriedt@gma=
il.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-=
left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D""><p dir=3D=
"ltr"><br>
On Sep 3, 2014 12:13 PM, &quot;Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia&quot; &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">guille.rodriguez@g=
mail.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; &gt; If someone wants to take the project, the best thing to do is to =
start<br>
&gt; &gt; contributing patches. After all, how can the maintainer know if s=
omeone<br>
&gt; &gt; is seriously willing to take his role if there lack of a serious =
and<br>
&gt; &gt; recent contribution flow?</p>
</div><p dir=3D"ltr">&gt; I&#39;ve been eavesdropping on this bread a bit. =
Personally, I don&#39;t really care who is maintaining classpath, but I sti=
ll use it regularly for embedded Java on several architectures.</p></blockq=
uote>

<div><br></div><div>I&#39;ll assume that&#39;s meant to be &#39;thread&#39;=
 ;) Eavesdropping on baked goods doesn&#39;t sound as promising.<br>=C2=A0<=
br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8e=
x;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">


<p dir=3D"ltr">There are even a few patches I&#39;ve been using for years t=
hat I would like to get upstream as configurable features. I did submit the=
se to the list, if I&#39;m not mistaken,but never received any feedback. In=
 particular,</p>



<p dir=3D"ltr">1) a patch to allow mmaping special files (e.g. /dev/video0)=
 via MappedByteBuffer FileChannel.map()<br>
2) a patch that implements direct ByteBuffers (i.e. reducing the JNI overhe=
ad per-transaction) that extends the ability to CharBuffers, ShortBuffers, =
LongBuffers, etc.</p>
<p dir=3D"ltr">If I am not able to get these patches upstream (even with so=
me reworking), I&#39;m effectively maintaining a fork, which I would rather=
 not do.</p></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I&#39;ve not seen either of th=
ese. Please resubmit them and we can look at getting them in.<br>

=C2=A0<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0=
px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<p dir=3D"ltr">A gift repository would, of course, be a welcome improvement=
 :-)</p><span class=3D""><font color=3D"#888888">
<p dir=3D"ltr">C<br>
</p>
</font></span></blockquote></div><br></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra">We ha=
ve one: <a href=3D"http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/classpath.git/log/">htt=
p://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/classpath.git/log/</a><br clear=3D"all"></div=
>

<div class=3D"gmail_extra">-- <br>Andii :-)
</div></div>

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