<AWT Dev> RFR: 8257853: Remove dependencies on JNF's JNI utility functions in AWT and 2D code [v7]

[Philip Race]

Ah .. not my call .. complicated.

-phil.

On 12/18/20, 4:40 PM, Alan Snyder wrote:
> If it’s better than JNF, as you suggest, perhaps it should be released and supported.
>
>    Alan
>
>> On Dec 18, 2020, at 4:28 PM, Philip Race<philip.race at oracle.com>  wrote:
>>
>> Not something I'd considered as a goal.
>> I suppose its part of OpenJDK which means it will be there for anyone to use under the GPL2+CP ...
>> but there's no thought of delivering it like we deliver jni.h with the binary JDK distribution.
>>
>> -phil.
>>
>> On 12/18/20, 4:23 PM, Alan Snyder wrote:
>>> I use JNF in my own (non-JDK) code, and I assume others do also.
>>>
>>> Will the macOS JNI support functions and macros you want to use in the JDK be available for use in non-JDK code?
>>>