Sync'ing up jdk7 at b50

[Alan Bateman]

Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> :
> With a similar aim in mind, we now provide NIO2 (b98) directly in
> IcedTea6 and IcedTea7 as patches against the main OpenJDK6/7 trees (in
> a separate namespace for 6 to avoid compatibility issues).  It would
> be great to see this more widely tested, and the audience for a branch
> of a development JDK seems fairly limited, even if binaries are
> provided.  Making it available in IcedTea6 should mean distros start
> shipping it soon and users will have an easy way to use these classes
> if they so wish.
>   
I wasn't aware of this. I'll check it out - thanks! Yes, the more people 
trying out the API the better.  If you run into any portability issues, 
bugs or other feedback, then please let us know (on Linux portability, 
as you probably know we don't build on architectures other than x86/x64 
so there may be issues there).

-Alan.