[aarch64-port-dev ] OpenJDK extension to AArch64 and Windows

[Andrew Hughes]

On 25/06/2020 08:39, Alan Bateman wrote:
> On 24/06/2020 23:34, David Holmes wrote:
>> Hi Monica,
>>
>> Are you proposing a new project to introduce this new port into the
>> OpenJDK some time in the future?
> I think it will need a JEP at least. I could imagine doing some cleanup
> in advance, maybe also improvements to support cross building on
> Windows, to eliminate some of the noise from the patch.
> 
> -Alan.
> 

As I've commented on the bug [0], I don't think a new project is
necessary to provide OS support for an architecture port, when the port
already has its own project (aarch64-port), and the developers involved
in adding support are already working with the people involved in said
project. After all, the ppc-aix-port project seems to have branched out
quite happily beyond AIX ;-)

A JEP does seem appropriate though, so the work is listed in the release
notes of the next JDK release.

[0] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8248238

Thanks,
-- 
Andrew :)

Senior Free Java Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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