Mac OS X port - update

[Kumar Srinivasan]

>>> Right now, JDK8 doesn't contain Mac OS X specific code, it cannot be
>>> built or run on Mac, so I don't see how individual fixes can be
>>> fw-ported. Instead, I would expect bulk migration from 7u to 8 similar
>>> to what Michael/Alex did for macosx-port to 7u-osx and 7u-osx to 
>>> 7u-dev.
>>>
>> The fixes I made to the langtools repo consisted of making a makefile or
>> two and some shell script tests aware of macos. These changes could be
>> ported to jdk8, without breaking anything, but as you say, there would
>> be no way to test the changes. So, I'll let this proposed bulk migration
>> port the changes.
>
> You're right. Moreover, any change like this would become a conflict 
> when merging from 7u to 8.

For this very reason,  I think we need to do this relatively quickly, as 
the source
base in jdk8 is diverging or will diverge rapidly.

Kumar

>
> Thanks,
>
> Artem
>
>> - jjh
>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Artem
>>>
>>>> - jjh
>>>>
>>>>> Kumar
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Alan
>>>>>