Dropping 32-bit support (was Branches)

[Mike Swingler]

On Feb 21, 2012, at 2:45 PM, James Melvin wrote:

> One caveat...
> 
> For the JVM, we've preserved 32/64-bit universal builds. Currently, the
> JVM universal build only includes 64-bit support. Additionally including
> 32-bit requires 3 Makefile uncomments. However, there may likely be
> additional work on the JDK side to fully support the same.

That's good to know, but that should really be keyed off of a build flag (which can default to 64-bit only). Should we file a CR through the Oracle bug reporter to get the process started to change this for HotSpot?

Thanks,
Mike Swingler
Apple Inc.