[Bug 208613] Review Request: libgcj - separate libgcj srpm

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Summary: Review Request: libgcj - separate libgcj srpm


https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=208613





------- Additional Comments From overholt at redhat.com  2007-02-14 14:21 EST -------
Is this going to happen?  From my perspective, the pros/cons are:

Pros:
. no need to bug Jakub on libgcj requests
  -> this is the biggie IMO.  I know I feel bad when I want one small class
library fix and it requires getting Jakub to spend time spinning all of gcc
. no need to wait for entire gcc test suite to complete
. can potentially push java-gcj-compat directly into libgcj SRPM
. distro compiler changes independently of java class library => can lead to
more bugfixes for the latter without potentially destabilizing the former

Cons:
. skew between the two SRPMS?
. no real upstream source for the libgcj SRPM's Source as it's derived from the
gcc SRPM
. will patches need to be maintained in multiple places?
. will we be duplicating test suite running?

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