Binary Compatibility ABI work

Fri Mar 5 19:42:00 GMT 2004

On 2004年2月28日, Andrew Haley wrote:
> However, some folk have got to hear about this work and they might
> think I'm being unnecessarily secretive.

That could be my fault, having asked about it on irc.
I didn't mean to imply anyone was secretive, just that it's difficult for
anyone to help given the current state of the project. Even though it's
hard for me to commit time right now, this work is of vital importance to
gcj, and I want to help, even if I can only do regular builds and
testing.
> To counter this appearance,
> I will check in the patch in its current state on a branch if people
> wish.

If a branch is chosen for this work in progress, I can also offer to help
with merges and any CVS operations needed (that's part of my day job!).
Are any runtime patches needed yet, or just gcc/java?
> My natural reaction as a professional prgrammer is to say "Dear God,
> don't let anyone see this."

*grin* I think every professional has written code like that.
Among the things I really respect about the free software process is the
qualify of code contributed. (Much more so than certain proprietary
projects I've witnessed over the years!)
Jeff