Feedback request: OpenJDK Community Innovator's Challenge Grants

[Andrew John Hughes]

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> > The issue of having a Java VM+class library already will remain a
> > problem because there are no non-Java compilers any more (for 1.5
> > on).  It's pretty much Sun's or the Eclipse compiler, both of which
> > are written in Java, so you need a Java VM + class library to run them.
> How about some concept like using some java2native compilers or some
> java enabled gcc to build the necessary set of bootstrap JDK components
> in a pre-build-step and then using these for building the real OpenJDK.

This is what I've been looking at with IcePick (mentioned on the
IcedTea website).  This can take just the langtools repository from
OpenJDK and build it using an autotools setup to give you a copy of
javac, javap, javadoc and apt.  One feature I'm going to add there is
being able to do a native compile of the tools as well, which would
remove the remaining requirement of a VM+class library.

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>
> By the way...as another "proposal" (already asked a number of times by
> different people): Are there currently any plans or activities to create
> an OpenJDK SeaMonkey(Mozilla)-plugin?
>

gcjwebplugin is in IcedTea.

> Arnd-Hendrik
>

Thanks,
-- 
Andrew :-)

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