PATCH RFA: Do not build java by default

Mon Nov 1 04:30:00 GMT 2010

Quoting Geert Bosch <bosch@adacore.com>:
>> On Oct 31, 2010, at 15:33, Steven Bosscher wrote:
>> The argument against disabling java as a default language always was
>> that there should be at least one default language that requires
>> non-call exceptions. I recall testing many patches without trouble if
>> I did experimental builds with just C, C++, and Fortran, only to find
>> lots of java test suite failures in a complete bootstrap+test cycle.
>> So the second point is, IMVHO, not really true.
>> Feel free to enable Ada. Builds and tests faster than Java,
> and is known to expose many more middle end bugs, including
> ones that require non-call exceptions.

But to get that coverage, testers will need to have gnat installed.
Will that become a requirement for middle-end patch regression testing?