Feedback request: OpenJDK Community Innovator's Challenge Grants

Andrew Haley aph at redhat.com
Mon Jan 7 11:45:59 UTC 2008


Andrew John Hughes writes:
 > On 07/01/2008, Andrew Haley <aph at redhat.com> wrote:
 > >
 > > Arnd-Hendrik Mathias writes:
 > >
 > > > 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.
 > >
 > > That's how IcedTea works.
 > 
 > It doesn't do anything native, AFAIK -- it just creates a pseudo-bootstrap
 > JDK.

What does "it doesn't do anything native, AFAIK" mean?  I can't tell
if you agree with me or not.

Andrew.

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