Path: csiph.com!1.us.feeder.erje.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!fu-berlin.de!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Guillem Jover Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.dpkg,linux.debian.maint.java Subject: [RFC] Removing support for GCJ and GCJFLAGS from dpkg? Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 02:30:02 +0200 Message-ID: X-Original-To: debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-dpkg-request@lists.debian.org Thu Aug 31 00:23:25 2023 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-112.211 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH=-0.001, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI=-5, USER_IN_DKIM_WELCOMELIST=-0.01, USER_IN_DKIM_WHITELIST=-100] autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no Mail-Followup-To: debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org, debian-java@lists.debian.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/21073 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/ZO/dZBOpg07i8sy3@thunder.hadrons.org Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 15 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Cc: debian-java@lists.debian.org X-Original-Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 02:23:00 +0200 X-Original-Message-ID: Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.dpkg:12248 linux.debian.maint.java:12690 Hi! While going through the supported compilers and build flags recently, I noticed that dpkg-buildflags and the various dpkg Makefile fragment files still have support for gcj, but that compiler seems to have stopped being maintained some time ago. According to Wikipedia () the final release was in 2018, and we do not even have it in Debian anymore. So I guess it should be fine to rip that off? A quick codesearch.d.n didn't reveal much of a usage. But I'd like to hear whether this would break or disrupt things, before I consider removing these. Thanks, Guillem