Re: Fw: [Classpathx-xml] What is the status of gnujaxp?

Arnaud Vandyck <[email protected]> writes:

> Nic Ferrier <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Arnaud Vandyck <[email protected]> writes:
> >
> > > Nic Ferrier <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > GNUJAXP is under development, I am working on the build system and
> > > > when I've done that I'll be working on bugs and missing features.
> > >
> > > Why don't you base the build system on jakarta-ant? Apache License is
> > > also free software, isn't it?
> >
> > But it wouldn't handle building native libraries for gcj very well.
> 
> There is no native library in gnujaxp... maybe I do not understand
> what you mean correctly.

GNUJAXP could be a native library, if GCJ compiles it to one. Many of
us are actively pursuing the use of java as a natively compiled
language. That's why GNU java projects should support native builds
"out of the box".



Nic