----- Original Message ----- > It's now marked as resolved. > > Thanks, > > Brad >
Great. Thanks! Glad to get this finally resolved. I'll let it promote through to 8, then suggest it for 7u. > > On 9/27/2012 9:58 AM, Andrew Hughes wrote: > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> > >>>>> Will you be putting this back yourself? If so let me know when > >>>>> you > >>>>> go > >>>>> in, and I can update the bug once you're in. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> I will, though I'll need a bug ID for it. I presume tl is ok as > >>>> the > >>>> forest to use? > >>> > >>> This going into 8? Then yes. > >>> > >> > >> At first, yes. Do you have any objections to me proposing it for > >> 7u > >> too, in due course? > >> > >>> 7201205: Add Makefile configuration option to build with > >>> unlimited > >>> crypto in OpenJDK. > >>> > >> > >> Great, thanks! I'll push it. > >> > > > > All done: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/jdk/rev/9e879c0288c2 > > > >>> Brad > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>> Mark wrote: > >>>>> > The summary is that it was just easier to remove unused > >>>>> > classes > >>>>> > that > >>>>> > made the code tricky to understand for no good reason > >>>>> > except > >>>>> > for > >>>>> > some > >>>>> > secret proprietary code. > >>>>> > >>>>> Unfortunately, Oracle and some of our commercial (non-OpenJDK) > >>>>> licensees > >>>>> still depend on that tricky code. :( I'd personally love to > >>>>> strip > >>>>> it > >>>>> all out, but we have to balance all of its consumers (Oracle SE > >>>>> and > >>>>> ME, > >>>>> commercial source/binary licensees, OpenJDK, etc.) > >>>>> > >>>>> Andrew wrote: > >>>>> > I'm sure it would be easy enough to dump those classes if > >>>>> > Oracle > >>>>> > started producing OpenJDK binaries licensed under the GPL, > >>>>> > rather > >>>>> > than binaries from their proprietary fork. > >>>>> > >>>>> Unfortunately, not likely in our current export/import climate. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> Yes, this is what I thought. We just have to make sure to test > >>>> well > >>>> before shipping binaries. > >>>> > >>>>> Brad > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Andrew :) > >> > >> Free Java Software Engineer > >> Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) > >> > >> PGP Key: 248BDC07 (https://keys.indymedia.org/) > >> Fingerprint = EC5A 1F5E C0AD 1D15 8F1F 8F91 3B96 A578 248B DC07 > >> > >> > > > -- Andrew :) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) PGP Key: 248BDC07 (https://keys.indymedia.org/) Fingerprint = EC5A 1F5E C0AD 1D15 8F1F 8F91 3B96 A578 248B DC07
