jdk7u-osx, VM mode

[Mike Swingler]

Hey, I'd be among the first toss 32-bit just to not deal with people who try to integrate Java with Carbon or QuickTime. :-)

I fully support dropping 32-bit, particularly on modern systems where the dominant architecture model is now 64-bit, just so you don't saddle yourself with legacy technology right as you are making your own debut.

Cheers,
Mike Swingler
Apple Inc.

On Dec 7, 2011, at 9:14 AM, Paul Hohensee wrote:

> I believe Mike means the current Oracle plan to ship a just 64-bit
> port, and not a 32-bit one.
> 
> The short answer is that we (Oracle) don't have the QA resources to
> test both 32-bit and 64-bit versions, certainly not for the 7u4 developer
> release.  At most, we could have engineers make sure the 32-bit
> version basically works, but that would be no substitute for the
> extensive testing that Oracle QA does.
> 
> That said, we _could_ ship universal binaries including both 32-bit
> and 64-bit, but we couldn't support the 32-bit version.
> 
> Paul
> 
> On 12/7/11 11:47 AM, Dalibor Topic wrote:
>> On 12/7/11 5:45 PM, Mike Swingler wrote:
>>> On Dec 7, 2011, at 3:10 AM, Dalibor Topic wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On 12/7/11 2:21 AM, Andrew Thompson wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Is hotspot now 64bit only on all platforms?
>>>> No. See http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/config-417990.html for
>>>> a list of Oracle JRE 7 and JDK 7 Certified System Configurations.
>>> While I'd be among the first to support dropping 32-bit support for a variety of reasons, could you share the reasoning behind the decision with the community?
>> I'm not sure I follow - which decision?
>> 
>> cheers,
>> dalibor topic