[ITP] jikes -- IBM's Fast Java compiler adhering to language and VM specifications

[Shaddy Baddah]

Hi,

On 2/6/2006 9:48 PM, Eric Blake wrote:
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> According to Corinna Vinschen on 2/6/2006 4:17 AM:
>>> Sorry to interject, but could I make a request that, like unison, this 
>>> package be tied into a version. e.g. jikes1.14 distinct from jikes1.22?
>> That's an intersting objection.  Any comments from others?  Jari?
>>
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> I don't think this is worthwhile.  As the former jikes maintainer for
> several years, I personally know that 1.14 has bugs (some of them mine :)
> that were fixed in 1.22, and don't see what versioning a much older
> version of jikes will buy you.  I am just fine with a single jikes
> package, although if Jari wants, you could package 1.14 as the Prev
> version simultaneously with 1.22 as the current version (note that there
> is no requirement to do this, though, since it IS harder to maintain two
> disparate versions of the same project).


Fair enough. I agree with that point. My packages won't conflict anyway, 
so I can keep them to myself. Debian dropped the version tie-in as well 
(woody had jikes1.14, sarge had just jikes).

I drop my objection, and thank all for their responses.

Regards,
Shaddy