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<!--Not Thesure gcjif compilethis non-development for years contradicts above "AWT is workingstill ootbin development" as that is not a compiler (but would appear in ubuntu"News"?)-->As withof swing.2015, there were no new developments announced from GCJ and the product was in deep [[maintenance mode]].<ref>[https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTUwOTA GCC Looks To Turn Off Java, Replace With Go Or ADA]</ref> GCJ was removed from the GCC [[Trunk (software)|trunk]] on September 30, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gcc.gnu.org/viewcvs/gcc?view=revision&revision=240661|title=[gcc] Revision 240661|date=September 30, 2016|author=Andrew Haley}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tromey.com/blog/?p=911|title=The Deletion of gcj|last=Tromey|first=Tom|date=October 2, 2016|website=The Cliffs of Inanity|publisher=|access-date=October 3, 2016}}</ref> Announcement of its removal was made with the release of the GCC 7.1, which does not contain it.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-7/changes.html|title=GCC 7 Release Series: Changes, New Features, and Fixes|access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref> GCJ remains part of GCC 6.
