RFR: JDK-8152666: The new Hotspot Build System

[Christian Thalinger]

> On Apr 5, 2016, at 8:10 AM, Daniel D. Daugherty <daniel.daugherty at oracle.com> wrote:

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> make/Main.gmk
>    No comments other than the 'hotspot-ide-project' target
>    looks interesting...

Btw. there is already support to generate IDE configurations today via mx:

https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Graal/Instructions

integrated with:

https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8139921

One main advantage, as I pointed out in the review, is that it also includes generated files so there are no unresolved includes or methods anymore:

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2015-November/020626.html

I’m using this every day.