Re: jdk8 Build changes

2013-01-07 Thread Kelly O'Hair
On Jan 7, 2013, at 5:57 AM, Steve Poole wrote: > hi Kelly, > > It's great to see these changes about to go mainstream. Really appreciate > everyones effort in making this happen. I have a few questions though > (apologies if you've already answered them elsewhere) > > 1 - What does 'a limi

Re: jdk8 Build changes

2013-01-07 Thread Kelly O'Hair
On Jan 7, 2013, at 8:33 AM, Tim Bell wrote: > Hi Volker: > >> I always thought that the >> MinGW build would be the default for the >> new build systems but reading your mail this apparently isn't true. >> >> Will the MinGW build just not be the default one or will it not work / not >> be suppo

Re: jdk8 Build changes

2013-01-07 Thread Tim Bell
Hi Volker: I always thought that the MinGW build would be the default for the new build systems but reading your mail this apparently isn't true. Will the MinGW build just not be the default one or will it not work / not be supported at all? If not, will the MinGW changes just get lost in the o

Re: jdk8 Build changes

2013-01-07 Thread Volker Simonis
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 6:07 AM, Kelly O'Hair wrote: > Excuse the wide mailing, but it was important to try and reach anyone > building jdk8. > > The jdk8/build repositories at http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/build have > been changed to use the new > build-infra "configure&make" build setup, so i

Re: jdk8 Build changes

2013-01-07 Thread Steve Poole
hi Kelly, It's great to see these changes about to go mainstream. Really appreciate everyones effort in making this happen. I have a few questions though (apologies if you've already answered them elsewhere) 1 - What does 'a limited time' mean when referring to being able to use the old m

jdk8 Build changes

2013-01-04 Thread Kelly O'Hair
Excuse the wide mailing, but it was important to try and reach anyone building jdk8. The jdk8/build repositories at http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/build have been changed to use the new build-infra "configure&make" build setup, so it is official, but it still needs to be integrated into the ma