On 2018-11-19 22:22, Simon Tooke wrote:
Hello,
I've been looking at compiling the JDK with GCC 8.1, and trying to fix
issues upstream as I find them.
Nice! If you find issues in the JDK source code per se, please let us
know. :) Sooner or later, we'll have to support gcc 8 properly anyway,
might just as well try to clear the path already.
/Magnus
For example the version of HarfBuzz shipped in the JDK has some issues
with template specialization and with clearing a struct via memset()
(thus bypassing C++ member access restrictions).
I've had changes to address these issues accepted upstream [1], and I
was wondering if it is appropriate for me to file an issue to backport
those fixes (I have a patch ready) or do you prefer to wait until
HarfBuzz is upgraded to the latest version during the natural course of
JDK development.
(Be aware that the JDK is on a 1.7 version, while these fixes are in a
2.X version).
Thanks,
-Simon
[1] https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/pull/1334
