> It is also perfectly plausible to build 32/64 Universal, and then use "lipo" > on built Mach-o products to strip out the architecture you don't > need/want/support in a post-build step.
+1 > I think it's also a good idea to brainstorm/document some ways to strip down > a JRE for developers who are bundling the runtime inside their app. Shipping > only the JRE (instead the JDK) and thinning the Mach-o binaries is a good > start, but are there tools or well known procedures for trimming rt.jar? > Obviously this gets easier once Jigsaw becomes available, but before then > many developers will want to deploy on OpenJDK 7. yes and time is running fast. Java 6 will be soon EOL and OpenJDK 7 should came (on OSX and others platforms) in a stable shape soon.
