| [orbit-dev] BCEL 6.0 |
Hi, The Object Teams project wants to update from an "ancient" version of BCEL (5.2 from 2010) to the "recently" released 6.0 (2016/07), which is necessary to handle Java 8 bytecodes. To be honest, I'm confused as to where I should start? - File a CQ (in Object Teams, or in Orbit)? - Figure out the mechanics of packaging, or is somebody still around who did this for BCEL 5.2 and could simply update the package? The good news: the upstream packaging doesn't seem to have changed. Any hints appreciated, Stephan PS: We are aware that other technologies exist which are more actively maintained, and we have an alternative using ASM in place. Still for several reasons we want to maintain our "old" BCEL-based implementation as an option. ----------- References: ----------- BCEL in Orbit Release: http://download.eclipse.org/tools/orbit/downloads/drops/R20160520211859/repository/plugins/org.apache.bcel_5.2.0.v201005080400.jar Should I worry, that bcel doesn't show up in S nor I builds? Or is that covered by "This page is a work in progress."? BCEL upstream: https://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-bcel/index.html 6.0 release notes: https://www.apache.org/dist/commons/bcel/RELEASE-NOTES.txt Old(!) CQs Orbit: https://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1933 OHF: https://dev.eclipse.org/ipzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=88