[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] Fwd: requesting bug id for removing redundant fontconfig files
Andrew Hughes
gnu.andrew at redhat.com
Wed Apr 3 14:42:20 UTC 2013
[Forwarding to 2d-dev]
----- Forwarded Message -----
> Hi!
>
> FontConfig files are no longer necessary for jdk7 and 8. I have patch for
> their removal
> (http://jvanek.fedorapeople.org/oracle/jdk8/webrevs/removedFontConfigFiles/)
> and I have built and
> tested - looks ok.
> This approach was recommended at -
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/2d-dev/2012-May/002547.html.
>
> To move forward with this issue I would like to have bug id if possible.
> Later I would like to
> backport this also to JDK7.\
>
> With kind regards
> Jiri Vanek
>
>
This looks ok to me. I assume it builds?
There seems to generally be a lot of dead code in the jdk repository, which is
very confusing for fixing anything. Glad to see some of it going.
Let's get it into 8 first, then we can backport to 7. Oracle, can we have a bug ID please?
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Andrew :)
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