Right now, JDK8 doesn't contain Mac OS X specific code, it cannot be
built or run on Mac, so I don't see how individual fixes can be
fw-ported. Instead, I would expect bulk migration from 7u to 8 similar
to what Michael/Alex did for macosx-port to 7u-osx and 7u-osx to
7u-dev.
The fixes I made to the langtools repo consisted of making a makefile or
two and some shell script tests aware of macos. These changes could be
ported to jdk8, without breaking anything, but as you say, there would
be no way to test the changes. So, I'll let this proposed bulk migration
port the changes.
You're right. Moreover, any change like this would become a conflict
when merging from 7u to 8.
For this very reason, I think we need to do this relatively quickly, as
the source
base in jdk8 is diverging or will diverge rapidly.
Kumar
Thanks,
Artem
- jjh
Thanks,
Artem
- jjh
Kumar
-Alan
