[jdk17u-dev] RFR: 8273979: move some os time related functions to os_posix for POSIX platforms

[Goetz Lindenmaier]

On Thu, 5 Sep 2024 10:02:20 GMT, Radim Vansa <rvansa at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Hi @rvansa 
>> I am not so happy about this backport. 
>> Simplifying another project is not an eligible reason to backport things.
>> Also, you did not test macos and expecially not aix. Does that still build?
>
> Hi @GoeLin , understood, though I am rather trying to be honest than making up a synthetic argument. Since it was accepted in the mainline I could say that it is an improvement in code quality.
> 
> MacOS should be tested here in GHA, regrettably I don't know where to get AIX for testing.

Hi @rvansa @suchismith1993,
Suchismith, could you verify that the backport is fine on aix? Thanks!
@rvansa, you find people involved in the aix port on the corresponding project page https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/PPCAIXPort or on the OpenJDK census.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk17u-dev/pull/2831#issuecomment-2345737609