<AWT Dev> MAWT vs XAWT
Oleg Sukhodolsky
Oleg.Sukhodolsky at Sun.COM
Fri May 16 00:36:17 PDT 2008
So, we only need to clean our documentation? Am I right? If so a CR
should be fired about this (or we can do this w/o cr?).
Oleg.
Yuri Nesterenko wrote:
> Hi Oleg,
>
> after 6463431 (integrated in b21) there's no such a check any more nor
> any stated requirement in readme files. I've double-checked it in make
> hierarchy, and the only motif-related stuff is Motif L&F and some
> deadend vestiges, never included anywhere.
>
> Thanks,
> -yan
>
> Oleg Sukhodolsky wrote:
>> Yuri,
>>
>> could you, please, file a CR to remove this check.
>>
>> Thanks, Oleg.
>>
>>
>> Yuri Nesterenko wrote:
>>> Phil Race wrote:
>>>> Oleg Sukhodolsky wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ok, good to know. I wonder why OpenMotif or lesstif is required to
>>>>>> build
>>>>>> OpenJDK then?
>>>>>
>>>>> I think we need headers to get some constants, but perhaps we
>>>>> forgot to remove the check ;) We will look at this.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, its just headers for constants for window manager
>>>> interoperability.
>>>> I believe its possible to do away with this but it was more
>>>> work/risk than Yuri had time for
>>>> when he was removing the main motif build dependencies from openjdk.
>>>>
>>>> -phil.
>>>
>>> AFAIK Motif headers are not necessary any more for jdk7 (see 6463431),
>>> and there should be no reference in building documents or scripts to
>>> anything Motif. There is plenty of dead spaghetty left in the code,
>>> though, mostly harmless.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> -yan
>
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