Proposal: Upgrade compiler version for Windows

[Omair Majid]

* Ivan Krylov <ivan at azulsystems.com> [2014-02-10 13:57]:
> The build system for OpenJDK6 for Windows uses Visual Studio 2003.
> This is a problem for those who do not have a license as you may not
> purchase this software anymore.

Ouch.

> The proposal is to modify the build systems and somewhat sources to
> accommodate usage of Visual Studio 2010
>
> If that is something openjdk6 community is interested in I could
> contribute a patch.

I don't work on Windows, so I will let others who use it and develop on
it chime in. 

> I am also unfamiliar with the logistics here: seems that not all
> changes in OpenJdk6 have corresponding bug entries in OpenJDK bug
> database.

Yeah. It's a bit of a historical accident. When Oracle stopped
developing OpenJDK 6, the rest of us decided that we need a public bug
tracker and settled on https://java.net/jira/browse/OPENJDK6. We still
use the original bug ids for backports, but OpenJDK6-specific bugs get
this new-style bug id.

> Should RFR be simply sent to this list?

Yeah, this list will probably be the best place to post patches specific
to OpenJDK6 only. It will probably be better if the RFR brings the build
system closer to that of OpenJDK 7, which lists Visual Studio 2010 as
the official compiler [1].

Thanks,
Omair

[1] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jdk7/raw-file/dada8003df87/README-builds.html#msvc32

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