[GitHub] [netbeans] BradWalker commented on pull request #4103: Solaris SPARC is a dead platform.

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BradWalker commented on PR #4103:
URL: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/4103#issuecomment-1124373507

   > Hi @BradWalker ,
   > 
   > What about supporting SPARC for at least one NetBeans release (i.e., until cnd is merged to master and we make the next release) and drop it later on? By doing so users that own SPARC can at least use that Apache NetBeans version with cnd support.
   > 
   > Also maybe we want to discuss this in the mailing lists, for a broader audience.
   
   I get it. Sun was the first professional co. that I started my career at. I worked on the team that ported SunOS (before Solaris) over to SPARC. It has a deep emotional attachment for me. But, I just can't see anyone using it. I made me sad when OpenJDK officially shutdown support for it.
   
   It's got a lot of cruft associated with it. So I'm trying to make the code base easier to support. And just so you are aware, I'm expecting to probably be the one supporting it, if it stays around since I have a working 64bit SPARC machine. Actually several. 8-)
   
   Maybe I'll just turn my attention to removing FORTRAN support because I really can't see anyone supporting that one at the moment.. 8-)


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