[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] RFR: 8254024: Enhance native libs for AWT and Swing to work with GraalVM Native Image

[Bob Vandette]

On Wed, 14 Oct 2020 17:56:34 GMT, Phil Race <prr at openjdk.org> wrote:

> It is generally not expected for such a proposed change to pop up out of nowhere from someone who is a new contributor
> without prior discussion and so forth.
> I have no idea where this change is coming from, why we would want it, and how it is expected to be supported and you
> have provided zero explanation of any of it in the PR. I think you need to start by explaining the big picture, and
> what you expect to do with this and how you are guaranteeing to support it and ensure it breaks NOTHING else. At all.
> And then we could also use some technical details on what you perceive is needed and why this resolives it.
> Also is this "everything" ?

I've been coaching @arodionov through this change.  This fix extends the work I did to allow a Java program to be
created using all static libraries.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/562