Re: merging BSDPort into jdk mainline

2011-08-01 Thread Dalibor Topic
On 7/28/11 9:41 PM, Henri Gomez wrote: >>> Another question about JDK7/8, bsd-port (and so macosx-port). >>> What about support of processors arch like PPC and ARM via Zero project ? >>> Could we expect JDK7 (or may be JDK8) to have Zero Project in the mainline ? >> >> That's already the case. Zer

Re: merging BSDPort into jdk mainline

2011-07-29 Thread Kelly O'Hair
28, 2011, at 7:03 PM, Weijun Wang wrote: > >> If I understand correctly, merging BSDPort into jdk mainline means that the >> BSD-specific codes are not only in the bsd-port repo, but also inside the >> master jdk8 repo and thus will be synced to every other team repo (awt, &g

Re: merging BSDPort into jdk mainline

2011-07-28 Thread Mike Swingler
wrote: > If I understand correctly, merging BSDPort into jdk mainline means that the > BSD-specific codes are not only in the bsd-port repo, but also inside the > master jdk8 repo and thus will be synced to every other team repo (awt, > tl,...). The direct result is that every openjd

Re: merging BSDPort into jdk mainline

2011-07-28 Thread Weijun Wang
If I understand correctly, merging BSDPort into jdk mainline means that the BSD-specific codes are not only in the bsd-port repo, but also inside the master jdk8 repo and thus will be synced to every other team repo (awt, tl,...). The direct result is that every openjdk contributor, no matter

Re: merging BSDPort into jdk mainline

2011-07-28 Thread Mike Swingler
On Jul 28, 2011, at 3:10 PM, Henri Gomez wrote: >> It is not the goal of anyone at Apple to support these architectures. I am >> not in a position to say if anyone at Oracle is interested in doing the work >> for ancient PPC Macs. If someone in the community would like to put in the >> effort,

Re: merging BSDPort into jdk mainline

2011-07-28 Thread Henri Gomez
> It is not the goal of anyone at Apple to support these architectures. I am > not in a position to say if anyone at Oracle is interested in doing the work > for ancient PPC Macs. If someone in the community would like to put in the > effort, I would suggest they speak up now. I understand that

Re: merging BSDPort into jdk mainline

2011-07-28 Thread Mike Swingler
On Jul 28, 2011, at 12:14 PM, Henri Gomez wrote: >>> He means exactly what he said. JDK8 is an official product produced by >>> Oracle, and the BSD-port code will be merged into that product. So that Mac >>> OS X can become an officially supported platform. >> >> ok thanks, I wasn't aware that

Re: merging BSDPort into jdk mainline

2011-07-28 Thread Henri Gomez
>> Another question about JDK7/8, bsd-port (and so macosx-port). >> What about support of processors arch like PPC and ARM via Zero project ? >> Could we expect JDK7 (or may be JDK8) to have Zero Project in the mainline ? > > That's already the case.  Zero was merged in some time ago. Sorry but I'

Re: merging BSDPort into jdk mainline

2011-07-28 Thread Henri Gomez
>> He means exactly what he said.  JDK8 is an official product produced by >> Oracle, and the BSD-port code will be merged into that product. So that Mac >> OS X can become an officially supported platform. > > ok thanks, I wasn't aware that BSD code into JDK7 wasn't already in such case. Anothe

Re: merging BSDPort into jdk mainline

2011-07-28 Thread Henri Gomez
> He means exactly what he said.  JDK8 is an official product produced by > Oracle, and the BSD-port code will be merged into that product. So that Mac > OS X can become an officially supported platform. ok thanks, I wasn't aware that BSD code into JDK7 wasn't already in such case.

Re: merging BSDPort into jdk mainline

2011-07-28 Thread Gary Meyer
He means exactly what he said. JDK8 is an official product produced by Oracle, and the BSD-port code will be merged into that product. So that Mac OS X can become an officially supported platform. Gary. On Jul 28, 2011, at 11:57 AM, Henri Gomez wrote: >> As the first of many steps to integrate

Re: merging BSDPort into jdk mainline

2011-07-28 Thread Henri Gomez
> As the first of many steps to integrate the Mac OS X Port into mainline jdk8, > we need to merge the BSDPort code (on which the Mac OS X Port is based) into > the jdk8 mainline.   I've started this discussion as it pertains to HotSpot > on the hotspot-dev mailing list: > > http://mail.openjdk.

merging BSDPort into jdk mainline

2011-07-28 Thread roger hoover
As the first of many steps to integrate the Mac OS X Port into mainline jdk8, we need to merge the BSDPort code (on which the Mac OS X Port is based) into the jdk8 mainline. I've started this discussion as it pertains to HotSpot on the hotspot-dev mailing list: http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pi