RFR: JDK-8152666: The new Hotspot Build System

[Maurizio Cimadamore]

On 06/04/16 10:14, Erik Joelsson wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I assume the mx projects are for Java code or do they also generate 
> projects for native? The new top level target is only meant to replace 
> the old Visual Studio project generator, at least for now.
+1 for having the build system a more central role when it comes to IDE 
project generation. While we can all resort to workarounds, I think that 
having IDE generation in a single place would be greatly beneficial in 
the long run.

Maurizio
>
> /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:
>>
>> …
>>
>>> 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.
>