Vote results: Build Group sponsorship of the JDK 6 project PASSES (3:0)

The proposal for the Build Group to sponsor the creation of the JDK 6 project [1] succeeds with 3 votes for and 0 votes against. In answer to the question "Should the Build Group sponsor this Project?" the individual votes are: Kelly O'HairYes Xiomara JayasenaYes Tim B

RFC: architecture define probably masks variable names in header files

Hi! Today I noticed that it's not a good idea to use an architecture define as done in OpenJDK: CPPFLAGS_COMMON = -D$(ARCH) -DARCH='"$(ARCH)"' -DLINUX $(VERSION_DEFINES) \ -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT The -D$(ARCH) e.g. on an Alpha system makes big problems

Re: Vote results: Build Group sponsorship of the JDK 6 project PASSES (3:0)

Kelly: Thanks for running this vote, but unfortunately it was taken after the 14-day limit defined in the interim governance rules. I've asked the IGB to recognize it anyway [1]. - Mark [1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/gb-discuss/2008-January/39.html