ANNOUNCE: New "Jacks" Java compiler testing project

Fri Jun 23 16:57:00 GMT 2000

> Mo> Undecided, I was thinking of using the GPL.
>> That's what we did for Mauve. For tests there doesn't seem to be a
> reason to do anything else. We just let the individual contributors
> keep their copyright, too.

It sounds like the GPL is the way to go. I already talked to
dave over at IBM and he did not seem to have any problem
with that.
> BTW feel free to take regression tests out of libgcj. The ones you
> want (compile tests) are in libgcj/libjava/testsuite/libjava.compile.
> Some might not be as interesting as others; some are really just tests
> for specific bugs we know to be (or to have been) in gcj.

Currently, I am looking for JLS test. Tests for bugs in GCJ are
fine, but they are not as useful as more general tests. I do
have a bunch of current GCJ bug tests that I am going to check
in, but they will be based on the JLS chapter the bug is related
to not a PR number or other compiler specific id. I need to
get these GCJ test in so that I can test new GCJ patches
for inner class related problems alex just posted.

> Is there a Jacks mailing list?

Not yet, but I made a request to get it added, so I hope it will
be available by next week.
Mo DeJong
Red Hat Inc