Hello all, This is a request for review of my patch to enable building 8u with modern (9,10,11) Xcode versions on macOS. I've received a few recent enquiries so I thought I'd submit this.
When I first created this patch is was more for convenience, but soon macOS will require applications to be "notarized", which cannot be done with the old version of Xcode. This will become mandatory long before 8u is due to retire [1]. This patch is not intended to remove the current ability to build 8u on the current supported build platform. I have used the patch with Xcode 9,10 and a beta of 11, and used the resultant JDK to build Graal. I have not build a JDK using the old Xcode and this patch; my intent was to ensure this was still possible. There is some information available on my GitHub page: https://github.com/stooke/jdk8u-xcode10 Issue: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8226288 Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~stooke/webrevs/jdk-8226288-jdk8u/00/ Previous discussion: https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2019-June/009733.html https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk8u-dev/2019-July/009760.html Thank you for your time, -Simon [1] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/notarizing_your_app_before_distribution
