why removing fastjar from gcc sources? we need a 100% free java sdk

Sun May 14 22:30:00 GMT 2006

>>>>> "Pablo" == Pablo De Napoli <pdenapo@yahoo.com> writes:

Pablo> I see [1] that fastjar has been removed from the gcc sources,
Pablo> as a result of a decision of the GCC SC.
Yes, it is an inconvenient decision to say the least.
It certainly wasted a lot of my time, and I think it will waste the
time of a lot of other developers in the future.
Pablo> However, I don't see this as a good decision since this way
Pablo> gcc building depends on an external program and Sun's jar program
Pablo> is not free, so we ought to provide a free alternative to Sun jar.
GNU Classpath has an implementation of 'jar' written in java.
This will show up in gcj eventually.
Pablo> According to [2] "fastjar doesn't have a home yet. It was
Pablo> rejected from savannah because fastjar.texi is GPL and not GFDL.".
We worked out a compromise here. fastjar is now hosted on savannah.
Tom