New candidate JEP: 362: Deprecate the Solaris and SPARC Ports

[Mikael Vidstedt]

> On Nov 6, 2019, at 5:00 AM, Baesken, Matthias <matthias.baesken at sap.com> wrote:
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>> * Adopting a newer version of the C++ standard
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>> We’re looking at adopting a newer version of the C++ standard (C++14 or
>> C++17) along with the features that come with it.  Oracle Studio does not
>> support the full C++14 standard, and AFAIK does not support C++17 at all.
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> Hello, 
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> The  Oracle®   Developer Studio 12.6: C++   User's Guide    from 2017  says :
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> https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E77782_01/pdf/E77789.pdf
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> "Oracle Developer Studio12.6 provides full support for C++11"
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> "Oracle Developer Studio12.6 provides full support for the C++14 Standard"
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> (chapters 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 ).
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> So  C++14  features  should not be an issue  on Solaris .
> What  C++17 features do you plan to use (this might be also interesting for  our AIX port, so it needs to be handled carefully) ?
> I think we have to be very  careful with using  new features of the C++ standard , with or without  deprecating / removing  Solaris and SPARC Ports  .

To be discussed - there’s a draft JEP here: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8208089 <https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8208089>

> ( there is also the option to use gcc on Solaris but that was mentioned already so I do not want to repeat it )

Yup, that could be an option if somebody is up for it.

Cheers,
Mikael