Build changes for 7176225: Remove JDBC-ODBC Bridge

[John Yeary]

Hello All,

Out of curiosity what will replace it? I looked at the transitional
notification[1], but it leaves me feeling a little uneasy about it. At one
point, I worked on a number of "simple" applications which used MS Access
as the database for a Java Swing front end. The only driver to connect
these applications was the JDBC-ODBC bridge. A number of those applications
are still around today. Is it safe to assume that the users will not
upgrade their systems? When JDK 8 comes out, their applications will fail.

I realize that I have come late to the conversation on this since the
removal is almost completed, but I see an issue cropping up in the future.

John


[1] http://download.java.net/jdk8/docs/technotes/guides/jdbc/bridge.html
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On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 1:06 PM, Tim Bell <tim.bell at oracle.com> wrote:

> Looks good to me also.
>
> Always good to see code deletion take place.
>
> Tim
>
>
> On 10/26/12 09:31, Kelly O'Hair wrote:
>
>> Looks ok to me.
>>
>> We may need to do some builds both ways to make sure.
>>
>> -kto
>>
>> On Oct 26, 2012, at 9:16 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
>>
>>  We're jettisoning the legacy JDBC-ODBC bridge from Oracle's jdk8 builds
>>> and this means updating several make files. Here's the webrev:
>>>
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~**alanb/7176225/webrev/<http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~alanb/7176225/webrev/>
>>>
>>> I believe I got everything in the both builds. The only thing that isn't
>>> clear is the old Def-solaris.gmk and whether MAPFILE_EXCEPTION should be
>>> defined or set to () as I have it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> -Alan.
>>>
>>
>
>