RFR: JDK-8152666: The new Hotspot Build System

[Christian Thalinger]

> On Apr 5, 2016, at 11:14 PM, Erik Joelsson <erik.joelsson at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I assume the mx projects are for Java code or do they also generate projects for native?

Also native.  Look at the screenshots I posted.  Particularly this one:

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~twisti/8139921/Screen%20Shot%202015-11-10%20at%202.18.20%20PM.png <http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~twisti/8139921/Screen%20Shot%202015-11-10%20at%202.18.20%20PM.png>

> The new top level target is only meant to replace the old Visual Studio project generator, at least for now.
> 
> /Erik
> 
> On 2016-04-06 03:23, Christian Thalinger wrote:
>> 
>>> On Apr 5, 2016, at 8:10 AM, Daniel D. Daugherty <daniel.daugherty at oracle.com <mailto: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 <https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Graal/Instructions>
>> 
>> integrated with:
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>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8139921 <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:
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>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2015-November/020626.html <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2015-November/020626.html>
>> 
>> I’m using this every day.
>