Review Request: Build-infra update

[Alan Bateman]

On 16/05/2012 13:32, Erik Joelsson wrote:
> The build-infra project has been quite productive and would like to 
> push an update to the new build in jdk8.
>
> All webrevs can be found here: 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~erikj/build-infra-m1.1/ 
> <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Eerikj/build-infra-m1.1/>
>
> What's new in this push?
> * Makefile conversion is basically done (a few minor exceptions but 
> all code is compiled by new makefiles now).
> * Solaris ia32 is now as binary compatible with the old build as linux 
> is.
> * Build speed is significantly improved since only new makefiles are 
> used. (Rough examples for full open build: Linux 7min, Solaris ia32 
> 7min, Windows 22min)
> * Windows still builds and is runnable.
> * Several bugfixes.
>
> Why push now, it's not all done yet?
> The main driver for this push is the jigsaw project that needs to 
> consume the full conversion of the makefiles in order to work on the 
> jigsaw build. We also think that people trying out the new build will 
> enjoy the speed improvement. Of course we also welcome more feedback 
> on the new build system.
>
> /Erik 
One thing about the update is that it adds a compile time dependency on 
javax.tools.annotation.GenerateNativeHeader to many areas. I think this 
requires consideration from a modularity perspective.

-Alan.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/build-dev/attachments/20120516/d9a5c14f/attachment.htm>