<Swing Dev> Add Look&Feel support for AIX platform

[Sean Chou]

Yeah, I reported it. I thought it was dropped for "unsupported platform"
because it didn't appear
for several days. And I still can see it now...

So, can the patch contributed with that bug number?


On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Alexander Scherbatiy <
alexandr.scherbatiy at oracle.com> wrote:

> On 12/14/2011 12:00 PM, Sean Chou wrote:
>
>>
>> Thanks for the comment! I modified it according to your suggestion. The
>> new
>> version is here: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~**zhouyx/OJDK-167/webrev.00/<http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~zhouyx/OJDK-167/webrev.00/><
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%**7Ezhouyx/OJDK-167/webrev.00/<http://cr.openjdk.java.net/%7Ezhouyx/OJDK-167/webrev.00/>
>> >
>>
>>
>> So will any oracle guy help create a bug and push it or give some
>> additional
>> comments so I can enhance the patch ?
>>
>
>  I looked at the issue 7119285  Make OSInfo recognize AIX platform
>  http://bugs.sun.com/**bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_**id=7119285<http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7119285>
>
>  It was reported 6 days ago and it seems it needs some time that the issue
> has been propagated to the open bug system and becomes visible after it was
> submitted:
>   "Some bugs don't show up in the database for some time because of delays
> in processing."
>
>
>  Thanks,
>  Alexandr.
>
>
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 8:44 AM, Dr Andrew John Hughes <
>> ahughes at redhat.com <mailto:ahughes at redhat.com>> wrote:
>>
>>    On 14:45 Tue 13 Dec     , Neil Richards wrote:
>>    > On Tue, 2011-12-13 at 14:42 +0000, Neil Richards wrote:
>>    > > On Tue, 2011-12-13 at 10:36 +0800, Sean Chou wrote:
>>    > > > On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Neil Richards
>>    > > > <neil.richards at ngmr.net <mailto:neil.richards at ngmr.net**>>
>> wrote:
>>    > > >         On Tue, 2011-12-06 at 11:14 +0800, Sean Chou wrote:
>>    > > > > Hi,
>>    > > > >
>>    > > > >
>>    > > > >    I'm not sure what to do for it next, shall I create a bug
>>    > > >         for it
>>    > > > > now ? But I
>>    > > > > don't think the bug system support AIX platform. I
>>    > > >         remembered it
>>    > > > > would
>>    > > > > report something like "we are not supporting the platform".
>>    > > > >
>>    > > >
>>    > > >
>>    > > >         Hi Sean,
>>    > > >         Looking at the options available on the Java bug
>>    submission
>>    > > >         site [1], it
>>    > > >         looks like:
>>    > > >                Release:           OpenJDK
>>    > > >                Operating System:  Generic / Other
>>    > > >
>>    > > >         would be the most appropriate choices to make.
>>    > > >
>>    > > >         Regards,
>>    > > >         Neil
>>    > > >
>>    > > >
>>    > > >         --
>>    > > >         Unless stated above:
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>>    > > >         Hampshire PO6 3AU
>>    > >
>>    > > > I tried once, and it was dropped because "the platform is not
>>    > > > supported."
>>    > > >
>>    > > > --
>>    > > > Best Regards,
>>    > > > Sean Chou
>>    > > >
>>    > >
>>    > > Hmm, in that case, perhaps someone from Oracle can help in
>>    creating a
>>    > > suitable Java bug id under which this change can be made?
>>    > >
>>    > > >From the OpenJDK census [1], I see that both Mario and I are
>>    currently
>>    > > "committers" in the jdk8 project.
>>    > >
>>    > > As jdk8 is under review control, I believe you'll need some
>>    affirmation
>>    > > from someone who is a "reviewer".
>>    > >
>>    > > Such a person is currently likely to be from Oracle, and so
>>    may be able
>>    > > to help in creating the associated bug id.
>>    > >
>>    > > Hope this helps.
>>    > >
>>    > > Regards,
>>    > > Neil
>>    > >
>>    >
>>    > Oops, forgot to give the trailed link to the OpenJDK census.
>>    >
>>    > Regards, Neil
>>    >
>>    > [1] http://openjdk.java.net/census
>>    >
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>>
>>    This seems to have dragged on an unduly long time for such a
>>    simple patch.
>>
>>    The patch looks good to me.  The only minor point I'd make is that the
>>    comment '// determine another OS here' should probably be under
>>    where the
>>    AIX if block is added, not above it.
>>
>>    According to the census, I have jdk8 reviewer status so this
>>    should count
>>    as a review.  However, as we're still stuck with the antiquated
>>    bug system
>>    at present, we still need someone at Oracle to give it a bug ID.
>>
>>    So if an Oracle employee would be so kind as to do so, this can
>>    finally be pushed.  It's only about two months old...
>>    --
>>    Andrew :)
>>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Best Regards,
>> Sean Chou
>>
>>
>


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Best Regards,
Sean Chou
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