Re: Project status

[Deepak Bhole <dbhole at redhat dot com>]

* Deepak Bhole <dbhole@redhat.com> [2017-02-27 14:51]:
> * Anthony Green <green@redhat.com> [2017-02-27 14:49]:
> > 
> > I don't believe this project is actively maintained or supported, but
> > I'm adding somebody on copy who may know otherwise.
> > 
> > AG
> > 
> > 
> 
> Thanks Anthony.
> 
> Hi Tiago, I don't think we actively update/run Mauve any more either. I
> am adding our QE lead to CC who in the past may have kept it running.
> 
> Jiri, do we still run Mauve?
> 

Adding Jiri for real this time :/

> Deepak
> 
> > Tiago Daitx <tiago.daitx@canonical.com> writes:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have been trying to follow up on Mauve and to build it, but that has
> > > not been working really well.
> > >
> > > First of all, the project is lacking a web presence, it seems dead
> > > outside the CVS repo. Most of the links from the main page at
> > > sourceware [1] are not working:
> > >
> > > - "Download" [2] points to nightly snapshots [3] which is empty
> > > - "CVS" [4] points to the cvsweb [5] which then redirects to a
> > > repository listing [6] where mauve is missing
> > > - The mailing lists archives seem to indicate some activity
> > > (month/year links which seem to skip periods with no activity), but
> > > clicking on the respective month/year leads to a "No messages here";
> > > the exception here is a single message in mauve-patches for 2017 that
> > > seems pretty much like spam
> > >
> > > Checking out CVS repository does show that the last commits are dated
> > > 8/April/2016.
> > >
> > > The README seems to be out of date, as some arguments for the
> > > configure script have been removed on a previous commit
> > > (--with-bootclasspath, --with-gcj).
> > >
> > > Trying to run the testsuite (java Harness) brings up lots of errors
> > > when using the autocompile.
> > >
> > > Trying to compile the gnu/testlet testsuite before hand will also
> > > throw out errors with both gcj as well as openjdk.
> > >
> > > For gcj-5 (full log at [7]):
> > > $ cd gnu/testlet
> > > $ /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/bin/javac -nowarn -cp ../../:. .
> > > ...
> > > 148 problems (148 errors)
> > >
> > > For openjdk-8 (full log at [8]):
> > > $ cd gnu/testlet
> > > $ find -name '*.java' -type f | sort -u > java_files
> > > $ javac -cp /usr/share/java/libgcj-5.jar:../../:. -g -source 1.5
> > > -target 1.5 -nowarn @java_files
> > > ...
> > > 32 errors
> > >
> > > Trying to run the tests after compiling also does not work that well,
> > > lots of errors like:
> > > FAIL: gnu.java.security.hash.TestOfHashFactory
> > >   line 42: TestOfHashFactory [1] -- uncaught exception:
> > >    java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: gnu/java/security/hash/HashFactory
> > >
> > > even though /usr/share/java/libgcj-5.jar is in the classpath and
> > > contains the class.
> > >
> > > It would be nice if I could get some pointers on what I'm doing wrong
> > > and on whether the project is still being supported.
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > > Tiago
> > >
> > > [1] https://www.sourceware.org/mauve/
> > > [2] https://www.sourceware.org/mauve/download.html
> > > [3] ftp://sourceware.org/pub/mauve/snapshot/
> > > [4] https://www.sourceware.org/mauve/cvs.html
> > > [5] http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/?cvsroot=mauve
> > > [6] https://sourceware.org/viewvc
> > > [7] https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/24054344/
> > > [8] https://pastebin.ubuntu.com/24054354/
> >