jdk7u-osx, VM mode

[Mike Swingler]

Perhaps they should be re-compiled, or you should reconsider using a library that has no ongoing community or support.

Regards,
Mike Swingler
Apple Inc.

On Dec 7, 2011, at 9:48 AM, Tobias Bley (UltraMixer) wrote:

> Oh, in our opinion it's no good decision because there are many third party jni libraries that comes only as 32 bit version. So when we have to use the 64bit version of JRE we could not use these libraries, isn't it?
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> Am 07.12.2011 um 18:25 schrieb 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
>> 
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