[aarch64-port-dev ] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/aarch64-port/jdk7u/hotspot/

[Andrew Dinn]

On 14/06/16 14:48, Andrew Haley wrote:
> On 14/06/16 14:44, Andrew Dinn wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 14/06/16 14:08, Andrew Haley wrote:
>>> This code is unmaintained (last commit ~21 months ago) but I hear that
>>> some people are still using it.
>>>
>>> I need to figure out how to stop people from using it but keep the
>>> sources around for their history.  I could just
>>> "hg rm src/cpu/aarch64".  That would do it, I guess.
>>>
>>> Any other ideas?
>>
>> How about modifying the make process so that the standard targets print
>> a warning and fail. That will avoid any actual removal of code.
> 
> I'm sure it would, but you haven't said why you want to avoid removal
> of code.  ISTM that removal is easy and reliable.

I don't suppose it matters that much but leaving the code unchanged
means that the curious can still easily browse it via http to see the
state of files as of the last checkin.

regards,


Andrew Dinn
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