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[GitHub] [netbeans] BradWalker opened a new pull request, #4103: Solaris SPARC is a dead platform.
BradWalker opened a new pull request, #4103:
URL: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/4103
Solaris SPARC is a dead platform.
No more Java support - JEP 381
In 2017, Sun shutdown the SPARC dev. teams and stopped future work on the processor.
There will be additional PRs to cleanup the remaining SPARC bits. But, this removes platform support which is a fundamental enabler.
It's makes me sad to have to do this but it's the right thing to do.
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[GitHub] [netbeans] vieiro commented on pull request #4103: Solaris SPARC is a dead platform.
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vieiro commented on PR #4103:
URL: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/4103#issuecomment-1124168127
> I tend to agree. I'm biased though as my pet project JNA still tries to retain backwards compatibiltiy with Java 6 and also is build for sparc 32bit.
Ah, Java 6. What memories! A few years back NetBeans did help us when adding some features/bufixes to a Java 6 project for a customer. The longer we can keep SPARC the more possibilities this can help someone in the future too.
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[GitHub] [netbeans] matthiasblaesing commented on pull request #4103: Solaris SPARC is a dead platform.
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matthiasblaesing commented on PR #4103:
URL: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/4103#issuecomment-1124045201
I tend to agree. I'm biased though as my pet project JNA still tries to retain backwards compatibiltiy with Java 6 and also is build for sparc 32bit.
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[GitHub] [netbeans] vieiro commented on pull request #4103: Solaris SPARC is a dead platform.
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vieiro commented on PR #4103:
URL: https://github.com/apache/netbeans/pull/4103#issuecomment-1123551809
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.
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[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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