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

[Patrick Reinhart]

Hi Magnus

Unfortunately the patch itself is as big as 2 megabytes and will therefore get removed… Now I’m really stuck. 

Cheers Patrick

> Am 14.11.2014 um 09:45 schrieb Magnus Ihse Bursie <magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com>:
> 
> Hi Patrick,
> 
> I'm sorry for all the trouble you have encountered when trying to help improving OpenJDK. :(
> 
> Try sending the patch only (not the webrev), as normal inlined text (not an attachment) in a mail to the list. I can create a webrev and put it on cr.openjdk.java.net <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/> for you. 
> 
> /Magnus
> 
> 14 nov 2014 kl. 09:24 skrev Patrick Reinhart <patrick at reini.net <mailto:patrick at reini.net>>:
> 
>> Hi David,
>> 
>> I’ve got a mail that the attachment was too big and was held by the moderator approval. I personally would love to put that on cr.openjdk.java.net <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/> but to put it there it seems that I fist has to be contributor and in order to be that I had be submit some patches first :-( 
>> 
>> It seems I’m stuck in a recursive loop somehow ;-)
>> 
>> 
>> Cheers Patrick
>> 
>> PS: I did already contributed two fixes for the 2d printing part in the past.
>> 
>> 
>>> Am 14.11.2014 um 09:01 schrieb David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com <mailto:david.holmes at oracle.com>>:
>>> 
>>> On 14/11/2014 5:36 PM, Patrick Reinhart wrote:
>>>> An attachment in the email has been found to contain executable code and has been removed.
>>>> 
>>>> File removed : webrev.zip, zip,html,js
>>> 
>>> Unclear what removed the attachment. :(
>>> 
>>> David
>>> 
>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>> Attached the webrev
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Am 14.11.2014 um 03:18 schrieb David Holmes <David.Holmes at oracle.com <mailto:David.Holmes at oracle.com>>:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Patrick,
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 14/11/2014 12:15 AM, Patrick Reinhart wrote:
>>>>>> 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/> <http://reinharts.dyndns.org/buildjdk8win/webrev/ <http://reinharts.dyndns.org/buildjdk8win/webrev/>>
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please note that patches have to be submitted via OpenJDK infrastructure: cr.openjdk.java.net <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/> or email attachment to OpenJDK mailing list.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> David
>>>>> 
>>>>> [1] http://openjdk.java.net/legal/tou/ <http://openjdk.java.net/legal/tou/>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Patrick
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Am 13.11.2014 um 14:50 schrieb Magnus Ihse Bursie <magnus.ihse.bursie at oracle.com <mailto: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
>>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>