On Jul 8, 2011, at 9:57 AM, Greg Lewis wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 06, 2011 at 09:39:17AM -0700, Kelly O'Hair wrote:
>
>> Ok, I'll ask.
>>
>> So what are the plans with regards to integrating all the bsd and macosx
>> port changes into jdk8?
>> In a more permanent way?
>
> Ummm, yes please? :-)
>
> I guess the first thing to do is to start a discussion of whether the
> overall strategy of a separate bsd directory hierarchy that mirrors the
> linux and solaris directory hierarchies is acceptable in terms of merging
> the changes in. If that is approved then we can start posting some
> webrevs. Since the macosx-port is a child of bsd-port and picks up the
> bsd-port changes, it would make sense to merge that in, with some checks
> to make sure it still compiles on {Free,Net,Open}BSD.
>
> Kelly whats the best list to start that discussion on?
+1.
I think the most logical plan to integrate Mac OS X into mainline JDK8 is for
us to begin integrating the BSD port changes, where most of the divergences
from mainline are at the HotSpot level. These changes don't access anything
above the Darwin/BSD level on Mac OS X, so I am fine leaving the parallel
directories left named "bsd".
Once integrated, if there is obvious duplication with the solaris/linux
hierarchy, we can proceed with further consolidation.
Regards,
Mike Swingler
Java Engineering
Apple Inc.
