Proposal: Upgrade compiler version for Windows

[Phil Race]

There was a lot of work to the build system and source code
to upgrade JDK7 to VS2010. Whilst a good chunk of that work was
in closed repositories you will still find a fair amount to do ..

As many as we could find/remember about got a 'vs2010' label
So the query 
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20JDK%20AND%20labels%20%3D%20vs2010
probably should also give some perspective on  some of the bugs/changes
but doesn't give a detailed picture of the build updates needed.
You would need to test 32 & 64 bit on preferred build platforms
and ensure its builds with the free SDK as well as VS.
And will your patch mean that people who have Vs2003 and a set up
that works be broken? How will you test that if you don't have VS2003
Plus where you make changes to  shared build files you'll need to ensure
builds on other platforms aren't broken either.
So a lot of building and testing and follow-on fixing will result from that
'patch' which makes for a non-trivial amount of work for a release 
that's getting old.

-phil.

On 2/10/2014 11:17 AM, Omair Majid wrote:
> * 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
>