Hello, I've been looking at compiling the JDK with GCC 8.1, and trying to fix issues upstream as I find them. For example the version of HarfBuzz shipped in the JDK has some issues with template specialization and with clearing a struct via memset() (thus bypassing C++ member access restrictions).
I've had changes to address these issues accepted upstream [1], and I was wondering if it is appropriate for me to file an issue to backport those fixes (I have a patch ready) or do you prefer to wait until HarfBuzz is upgraded to the latest version during the natural course of JDK development. (Be aware that the JDK is on a 1.7 version, while these fixes are in a 2.X version). Thanks, -Simon [1] https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/pull/1334
