On 31/10/2013 07:36, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
I'm not sure there is a definite plan for this. Personally, I'd prefer
to have this fixed in JDK8, but I'm also aware that the timing is not
ideal. Unfortunately, some groups were still using the old build
system until very recently, so we have been unable to do this before.
The timing with respect to the jdk8 schedule is indeed awkward. So if
you doesn't go ahead then would it make sense to at least disable it so
as to flush out any remaining slackers? Also is there really risk to
your proposed step 1 that simple deletes the old make files that are no
longer used?
-Alan
