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Re: [ITP] jikes -- IBM's Fast Java compiler adhering to language and VM specifications
Shaddy Baddah <Shaddy_Baddah-PkbjNfxxIARBDgjK7y7TUQ@public.gmane.org> writes:
> 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?
>>>
>> 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.
Ok, and thanks for Eric for in depth view.
Jari