OpenJDK7 and the JavaOne preview (M3) release

[Lillian Angel]

Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Sun plan to release a JavaOne preview of JDK7 on May 21st
> (http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/milestones/).
> We'd like to do a corresponding release of IcedTea7 (1.10) around the
> same time, that can then be packaged in any distros that wish to ship
> such a preview.
> This will involve:
>
> * Updating IcedTea7 to support the latest build drop from Sun
> (currently b57, which is the last non-stabilisation release).
> IcedTea7 is now based on the IcedTea forest
> (http://hg.openjdk.java.net/icedtea/jdk7) so this is a two stage
> process involving pulling the latest changes into the forest and then
> ensuring this builds with IcedTea7.
> * Updating Shark/Zero in IcedTea7; ideally we would put this directly
> into the forest, but I don't know how ready Gary is for this step.
> * Updating the plugin/jaxws support; again it would be nice to have it
> in the forest, but there probably isn't enough time.
> * Any additional features from IcedTea6; we're not doing mass merges
> any more because the two have diverged so far from each other that
> this has become impractical (probably lots of conflicts and build
> breakages for a few usable changes).  doko and mjw have already
> requested that --with-additional-vms and systemtap support be added.
>
> Any help would be much appreciated.  Integration of Shark/Zero and the
> plugin can be done fairly independently so if someone wants to work on
> this, feel free.
>   

Please add the visualvm fixes from IcedTea6 as well.


Thanks!
Lillian