Building OpenJDK9 on MSYS2

[dalibor topic]

On 27.11.2017 15:17, Thomas Stüfe wrote:
> Also the question of who is supposed to maintain it in the long run should
> be answered. We are usually quite strict in adding new platforms - I
> remember the recent BSD port discussions, which I believe ended in 1) needs
> a long term maintainer, preferably a company or foundation 

To be more specific, adding a new platform (such as cygwin-newlib-gcc) 
would need to be accompanied by a JEP, and someone (an individual, or a 
few, or a lot of them) signing up to do the work on the JEP, i.e. the 
JEP would need to be 'funded'.  Whether those individuals are also 
members of a single legal entity or not does not matter much in theory. 
In practice, of course, legal entities might able to muster more 
resources in the pursuit of their goals than a single individual.

>2) must pass TCK
> *before* being added to the mainline. The BSD people did not meet the
> restrictions, so they are still in their port branch. Which, btw, would be
> a solution for msys2+gcc port too: work in their own branch until the
> conditions are met to migrate to the base line?

I'd suggest that work on something adding a new platform such as 
cygwin-newlib-gcc would usually be better off in its own Project, as 
that allows the Project's contributors to bootstrap a port and the 
assiciated roles (Committer, Reviewer, etc) without having to 'earn 
merit' as mainline committers first.

cheers,
dalibor topic

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