[jdk8u-dev] RFR: 8221988: add possibility to build with Visual Studio 2019

[Christoph Langer]

On Fri, 8 Apr 2022 13:59:02 GMT, Alexey Pavlyutkin <duke at openjdk.java.net> wrote:

>> common/autoconf/toolchain_windows.m4 line 28:
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>>> 26: ################################################################################
>>> 27: # The order of these defines the priority by which we try to find them.
>>> 28: VALID_VS_VERSIONS="2017 2019 2013 2015 2012 2010"
>> 
>> I'm not sure whether it's appropriate to put 2017 and 2019 in front of the list - maybe for compatibilities sake we should add 2019 at the end?
>
> I completely agree with you but that is how it comes from 11u. I'm not sure if it's a good idea to make such changes as part of the backport. On my last backport to 8u @gnu-andrew made me to eliminate every signle whitespace of unwanted delta.

Yes, let @gnu-andrew or @jerboaa deliver the judgement here.

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u-dev/pull/33