Improving OpenJDK for FreeBSD

[Harald Eilertsen]

Hi David,

On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 11:25:51AM +1000, David Holmes wrote:
> > Will it be best to create a JBS issue for each change, or one issue for
> > the entire effort?
>
> Can you create a PR against mainline so that we can see the scope of the
> changes and how they have been implemented?

Sure, I'll do that. It will take me some time, but I agree it's a good
starting point.

> Knowing the technical scope would also aid evaluation of whether this needs
> to be treated as a full porting project, or whether it can just be
> accommodated the way we, for example, accommodate the MUSL libc used on
> Alpine Linux.

That's actually an interesting perspective. As the current port is using
a lot of code from the Linux version (sadly by duplication atm,) but
also piggybacks on the MacOS port. Looking forward to see your thoughts
on this when I present the code in a PR.

> Is this a re-vamp of the BSD-port project [1] or is this a
> distinct effort?

As I've understood it, the goal is to revitalize the BSD-port, and to
keep this as an ongoing effort.

Thanks,
Harald