Announcing: OpenJDK for Mac OS X source repository, mailing list, project home

[Henri Gomez]

> Java Developers,
>
> I'm very happy to let you know that today we made the first public
> contribution of code to the OpenJDK project for Mac OS X. This initial
> contribution builds on the hard work of the BSD port, and initially has the
> same functionality. Today's contribution simply modifies the build process
> to create universal binary, and produces a .jdk bundle which is recognized
> by Java Preferences and the JVM detection logic in Mac OS X.
>
> For more information about the Mac OS X Port project, please check out these
> resources:
> Project home: <http://openjdk.java.net/projects/macosx-port>
> Project wiki & getting started instructions:
> <http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenJDK/Mac+OS+X+Port>
> Project status:
> <http://wikis.sun.com/display/OpenJDK/Mac+OS+X+Port+Project+Status>
> Mailing list:
> <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/macosx-port-dev>
> Source repository: <http://hg.openjdk.java.net/macosx-port/macosx-port>
>
> For those of you who would like to join us hacking on the next generation of
> Java for Mac OS X, please join our mailing list, download the source, and
> spin a build for yourself.
>
> It has been a long road getting to this point collaborating behind the
> scenes with Sun and now Oracle, but as of today we are on the road to fully
> open development of the Mac OS X port. We look forward to providing more
> code from our collaboration soon, and working with you all.

First build available from openjdk-osx-build project :

http://openjdk-osx-build.googlecode.com/files/OpenJDK-OSX-1.7-x86_64-2011011.dmg

Notes :

- VM Vendor is UNDEFINED (Info.plist need to be updated)

- VM is a dual mode, 32/64 bits (-d32 / -d64)

- Installation on /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.7.0.jdk

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.7.0.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java -version
openjdk version "1.7.0-internal"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-internal-b00)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0-b03, mixed mode)

Enjoy and thanks to Cupertino's guys to open a new road to Java on OS/X !