RFR(M): 8057538: Sponsor for back port of --with-freetype-src searched

[Patrick Reinhart]

Hi Magnus,

I actually merged down the freetype compilation from the source during the configuration cycle as it’s being done in JDK9 actually. This was not that straightforward but I could sort that out and had a successful compilation afterwards.

Here is the link to the webrev:  http://reinharts.dyndns.org/buildjdk8win/webrev/ <http://reinharts.dyndns.org/buildjdk8win/webrev/>

Cheers

Patrick
   

> Am 13.11.2014 um 14:50 schrieb Magnus Ihse Bursie <magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com>:
> 
> On 2014-11-12 19:34, Patrick Reinhart wrote:
>> Hi there,
>> 
>> I’m updating the Adopt OpenJDK website with build instructions to build the OpenJDK on Windows 8.1. In order to lower the effort of building also the OpenJDK 8 on Windows, myself and some colleges have back ported the build scripts from OpenJDK 9. We also could provide a webrev containing all changes we made.
>> 
>> Could someone sponsor this back port?
> 
> Sure, I can sponsor that!
> 
> Is the patch straightforward to apply on jdk9 from jdk8?
> 
> /Magnus