On 03/13/2013 12:47 PM, Andrew Hughes wrote:
4. Finally, this is just a thought, and I realise it may run contrary to your promise of long-term stability and compatibility, but I've been giving some thought to the long running issues we've had with javac in OpenJDK 6. For those who are unaware, the javac in OpenJDK 6 is not the same as in Oracle's proprietary JDK 6, but rather an early development version of the one used in OpenJDK 7. I've been wondering if the best way of supporting this long-term would be to use the tools from 7 in OpenJDK 6, with appropriate reversions to make it compatible with 6 (defaulting to 6 source/target, having builds pass the 6 TCK), rather than continuing to maintain the hybrid we have now. This would also mean we'd be able to benefit more directly from any bug fixes or security updates directed at the langtools present in 7.
You might want to bring this up on compiler-dev. -- Jon
