I’m only interested in macOS universal applications. I don’t see a need for multi-OS applications.
The shared libraries do not need to be merged as the runtime is not itself universal, only the launcher is. The launcher finds the appropriate single-architecture runtime and launches it. > On Mar 7, 2024, at 2:00 PM, Bernd Eckenfels <e...@zusammenkunft.net> wrote: > > Alan Snyder wrote on 7. Mar 2024 22:39 (GMT +01:00): > >> That could be done, but it would require more work with no obvious >> benefit. >> >> Only the Java launcher needs to be universal from the perspective of the >> OS. > > it’s however not only the exetables. You have also the shared libraries, > possibly the class > data archives, and when it comes to multiple OS there are different classes > In the JCL and even templates for JDK resources differ by OS. Some modules > are OS > Specific (like SunMSCAPI provider for 64Bit Windows) > > Gruss > Bernd > — > https://bernd.eckenfels.net >
