On 2013-05-28, at 11:27 PM, Tim Bell <tim.b...@oracle.com> wrote: > > Possibly - but I tried for several days to come up with a build configuration > that worked for both VS 2010 and 2012. > > I ran out of time for that experiment. Nice to have, but if we do not move > to VS2012 with JDK8, we will have to wait until JDK9, so upgrading is where > my focus must remain. > > Keep in mind that changing compilers on Windows[tm] also dictates a change in > runtime (see above, msvcr110.dll versus msvcr100.dll). Such a change also > affects JNI libraries built by any organization using that JDK. Nothing good > will happen if two runtime libraries exist in the same address space. It may > actually work for a while, but all bets are off. > > Tim
I think upgrading would be lovely. Is there anything (testing, taking notes on build steps) that I can do to help? Right now I am working with an Oracle-issue Windows 7 laptop, still running the "Express" editions, so I can do a plausible job of pretending to be an open, non-Oracle build. David
