Suggestion on how to compile GCJ under Windows

Wed Jan 1 16:06:00 GMT 2003

The problem:
Setting up an environment to build a GCJ from CVS sources that
runs under Windows and compiles Windows executables is tricky
for those who are fluent in Windows speak, but have limited
Linux skills.
This excludes Windows programmers from contributing to
the GCJ project until they become more fluent in Linux.
Proposed solution:
- Create a Linux + GCJ development environment under Boch x86 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bochs/. This installation should
be designed to run under Windows, e.g. have Samba configured to
share files between Windows and the Linux installation.
- Make the virutal machine images available for download. (500-1000MB?)
- Create some basic instructions on how to use the build
Various issues:
- The bandwidth requirements is going to exclude users without 
broadband. Is this a problem?
- Does Boch x86 work smoothly enough for this to make sense?
- Who would do this? Someone who had the time, fire and 
Windows/Linux/GCJ skills.
- Who would host the images? P2P? Sourceforge?
Øyvind