<AWT Dev> [9] Request for Review: 8003900: X11 dependencies should be removed from Mac OS X build.

[David DeHaven]

> The fix looks good to me. To answer your questions:
> 
> 1. Using the XAWT macro is correct. It is only defined if we're building the XToolkit, which we don't on the Mac. However, everywhere else we actually check
> 
> #ifdef MACOSX
> // ... do Mac stuff
> #else
> // ... do X11/Linux/Solaris/etc. stuff
> #endif
> 
> We're unlikely to start supporting XToolkit/XAWT on Mac in the future, so is there a reason not to use the MACOSX macro instead for consistency with the rest of the code?

I'm ambivalent, but XAWT is platform neutral, which leads to another question: would there ever be a reason to not use X11 on Linux/Solaris? For example, I understand Wayland is starting to see some movement as an X alternative, particularly on Ubuntu. Likely not a concern now, but it could make future porting work easier if it's decided to be adopted. I think realistically, the below issue would need to be addressed first which would make this a moot point.

I've no problems changing these to MACOSX..


> 2. Regarding factoring out the X11 code: firstly we need to rename src/solaris/ to src/_nix/ (where _nix could stand for UNIX and whatnot). In that case, moving X11-specific code and OSX-specific code into their corresponding directories would make sense. Obviously, this is a huge project and I don't see this happening any time soon.

Agreed, and a bit outside the scope of my issue here :)

-DrD-