[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] Fwd: requesting bug id for removing redundant fontconfig files

Erik Joelsson erik.joelsson at oracle.com
Mon Apr 8 09:09:41 UTC 2013


 From a build point of view I think the patch looks ok. I can't comment 
on if it's safe to remove the fontconfig files though. I've created a bug:

8011693: Remove redundant fontconfig files

/Erik

On 2013-04-08 10:00, Jiri Vanek wrote:
> On 04/03/2013 04:42 PM, Andrew Hughes wrote:
>> [Forwarding to 2d-dev]
>>
>> ----- Forwarded Message -----
>>> Hi!
>>>
>>> FontConfig  files are no longer necessary for jdk7 and 8. I have 
>>> patch for
>>> their removal
>>> (http://jvanek.fedorapeople.org/oracle/jdk8/webrevs/removedFontConfigFiles/) 
>>>
>>> and I have built and
>>> tested - looks ok.
>>> This approach was recommended at -
>>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/2d-dev/2012-May/002547.html.
>>>
>>> To move forward with this issue I would like to have  bug id if 
>>> possible.
>>> Later I would like to
>>> backport this also to JDK7.\
>>>
>>> With kind regards
>>> Jiri Vanek
>>>
>>>
>>
>> This looks ok to me.  I assume it builds?
>
> sure :)
>
>>
>> There seems to generally be a lot of dead code in the jdk repository, 
>> which is
>> very confusing for fixing anything.  Glad to see some of it going.
>>
>> Let's get it into 8 first, then we can backport to 7.  Oracle, can we 
>> have a bug ID please?
>>
> Trying my luck with build-dev at openjdk.java.net....
>
> J.



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