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| author | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2013-12-26 15:46:13 +0100 |
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| committer | Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com> | 2013-12-26 15:46:16 +0100 |
| commit | 50a08a2bc300d600603cdb5b5756baf71b9b431a (patch) | |
| tree | 1b871e31940adf67b9f6054359b862e26421ee15 /doc | |
| parent | d46102e54a015731e0270a2457dba569d95f289b (diff) | |
| download | automake-50a08a2bc300d600603cdb5b5756baf71b9b431a.tar.gz | |
docs: make clear the JAVA primary is frozen
* doc/automake.texi: Here. The JAVA primary is broken in several ways,
and will no longer be developed, not even for bug fixes.
See also automake bugs #9088, #8662 and #8540.
Signed-off-by: Stefano Lattarini <stefano.lattarini@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/automake.texi | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/automake.texi b/doc/automake.texi index 91b4a0a7d..6d90182d6 100644 --- a/doc/automake.texi +++ b/doc/automake.texi @@ -7598,7 +7598,9 @@ native machine code; @pxref{Java Support with gcj}). Note however that Future Automake releases will strive to provide a better and cleaner interface, which however @emph{won't be backward-compatible}; the present interface will probably be removed altogether some time after the -introduction of the new interface (if that ever materializes). +introduction of the new interface (if that ever materializes). In any +case, the current @code{JAVA} primary features are frozen and will no +longer be developed, not even to take bug fixes. Any @file{.java} files listed in a @code{_JAVA} variable will be compiled with @code{JAVAC} at build time. By default, @file{.java} |