JEP 138: Autoconf-Based Build System

[Brian Goetz]

The JEP explicitly states that these would be follow-on projects, 
presumably to narrow the scope of this project so that it can get 
deployed more quickly.

Once the build system has a model of the project, it will be possible 
generate projects configurations for popular IDEs at autoconfig time, 
eliminating the need to keep IDE projects in sync with the project layout.

On 2/21/2012 5:35 PM, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
> On 02/21/2012 02:10 PM, mark.reinhold at oracle.com wrote:
>> Posted: http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/138
>>
>> - Mark
>
> Many developers use IDEs. It would seem to be a regressive step for
> "Support IDE projects" to be a Non Goal.
>
> -- Jon