[8] Review request for 8001764: vsvars.sh should support VS2012

[Anthony Petrov]

Tim, Kelly: thanks for your review. I'll push the fix via the awt forest 
tomorrow.

On 10/29/2012 8:29 PM, Tim Bell wrote:
>> We're not yet switching JDK builds to VS2012. However, the vsvars.sh 
>> script is useful for other applications in order to set up the build 
>> environment, so I think the proposed changes should be useful. Once we 
>> start using VS2012 (or VS2014, or whatever it will be) for JDK, the 
>> vsvars.sh will already support that.
> 
> Changing compilers needs to come down from the release team.  I hope you 
> realize that.  If they do not make a decision soon, VS2012 or later will 
> wait until JDK9.

That's correct. Currently we don't have any plans to change compilers 
for JDK 8. It will be discussed with the release team when need arises.

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best regards,
Anthony