RFR: 8327701: Remove the xlc toolchain [v2]

[Julian Waters]

On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 08:38:53 GMT, Joachim Kern <jkern at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Magnus Ihse Bursie has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
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>>   Revert SEARCH_PATH changes
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> doc/building.html line 679:
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>> 677: <h3 id="ibm-open-xl-cc">IBM Open XL C/C++</h3>
>> 678: <p>The minimum accepted version of Open XL is 17.1.1.4. This is in
>> 679: essence clang 13, and will be treated as such by the OpenJDK build
> 
> It is clang 15 not 13. Clang 13 was in 17.1.0

Is Open XL C/C++ considered a compiler or more akin to a development environment like Xcode is for macOS? Depending on which, we could just say clang is the compiler for AIX without needing to say that Open XL is treated like clang, etc

Also, why did this remove the link to the Supported Build Platforms page?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/18172#discussion_r1519394251