Java 7 for Mac OSX
Andrew Hughes
ahughes at redhat.com
Mon Feb 20 10:38:35 PST 2012
----- Original Message -----
> On Feb 20, 2012, at 3:29 AM, Henri Gomez wrote:
>
> >> One question:
> >>
> >> By adding 32-bit support, do you mean the binary will be runnable
> >> on a
> >> 32-bit machine? Or, the sources can be built on a 32-bit machine?
> >
> > To me 32 bit support means you could use -d32 flag to have JVM
> > works
> > in a 32bit land, so safe memory in many cases.
>
> Supporting a second architecture effectively doubles the testing
> overhead, and basically doubles the budget you need to spend on QA.
> What is the benefit to Oracle Corp for supporting a legacy
> architecture?
>
On a more positive note, there's no reason it has to be Oracle who supports
it. This is supposed to be a FOSS project after all; if you want something,
everything is there for you to make it happen :-)
> This is a serious question,
> Mike Swingler
> Apple Inc.
>
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