> Looking at the vala source code, we can bootstrap the current version > from 0.39.5.8, which appears to be between release cycles – 0.39.6 > already requires it, whereas 0.39.5 bootstraps from 0.25.1. I'm not > sure how to get 0.25.1 to build from source, though. The code in vala- > bootstrap does not appear helpful, it in fact reads exactly like Vala- > compiled Vala. > > Cheers > I've now hosted my own vala-bootstrap [1], which has valacompiler.c and > gee translated to more readable C already. I'd be happy to take in > patches or transfer it to the bootstrappable project. > > Cheers > > [1] https://gitlab.gnome.org/lilyp/vala-bootstrap An easier route to bootstrap Vala could be the archeological approach: Oldest commit(SVN import): 68f95ffe3aef82aac0fb7bbc65d1faab19902e3c Last commit with only C code(except for tests written in Vala): c300d9c3d0af08f628b6c260bdd32f431a47e0f2 Became self-hosting(it still bootstraps with written C code under valac/): 29a1dec53a4661779cc819ede69732c6c1118088 Removed bootstrappability(removed valac/ directory and uses Vala-generated C code under ccode/): 35bd6909ba2b8467ba95dfe6360e7a7e227115c8 Oldest release: VALA_0_0_1 This information should make it possible to bootstrap Vala.