[JDK-7133447] OSX optimized WatchService

[Brian Burkhalter]

Hi Andres,

> On Dec 12, 2020, at 1:59 AM, Almiray <aalmiray at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I'd love to help with this issue, but as mentioned earlier I do not have the expertise to provide a patch on my own.

Well with any luck we can come up with something for you to test eventually.

> Also, unfortunately the code from https://github.com/gmethvin/directory-watcher <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://github.com/gmethvin/directory-watcher__;!!GqivPVa7Brio!LmBgW7wuoFZOx5cuxL5QWWvCqMBp9NN6pvfybWkyLlgUnB5LSMP6Gwt4azpam-jYQf2c$> cannot be used "as is" given that
> 
> - it's Apache 2 licensed and OpenJDK is GPL.
> - it relies on JNA, I bet there are other alternatives in OpenJDK to deal with native calls.

Yes, that would make it unusable. I did not look at the code.

Thanks,

Brian
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