On 11/21/13 2:28 PM, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote: > There is not likely to be much work spend in fixing the old build system in > JDK7 either, nor is it likely that the new JDK8 build system will be > backported to JDK7.
.. or that a backport would be accepted into JDK 7u at this stage of the Project - switching build systems is a very invasive, major long term change, and as such better suited to JDK Release Projects then to update releases. cheers, dalibor topic -- Oracle <http://www.oracle.com> Dalibor Topic | Principal Product Manager Phone: +494089091214 <tel:+494089091214> | Mobile: +491737185961 <tel:+491737185961> Oracle Java Platform Group ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG | Kühnehöfe 5 | 22761 Hamburg ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG Hauptverwaltung: Riesstr. 25, D-80992 München Registergericht: Amtsgericht München, HRA 95603 Geschäftsführer: Jürgen Kunz Komplementärin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 Geschäftsführer: Alexander van der Ven, Astrid Kepper, Val Maher Green Oracle <http://www.oracle.com/commitment> Oracle is committed to developing practices and products that help protect the environment