Review Request: 8001895: build-infra: Make JDK_BUILD_NUMBER and MILESTONE customizable

[Erik Joelsson]

On 2012-12-30 23:47, David Holmes wrote:
> Erik,
>
> On 30/12/2012 9:55 PM, Erik Joelsson wrote:
>> I've added configure options for milestone and build number so that they
>> can be customized.
>>
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~erikj/8001895/webrev.root.01/
>
> Can we still override with make time variable setting?
Overriding at the make command line won't work at this point since the 
logic for all the derived version strings are still in configure. I know 
there are flaws in this design and I would really like to solve it 
better. That work just needs to be prioritized at this point.
>
> Will this be going straight into jdk8/build? I need these changes to 
> merge in with the profiles work asap.
>
The plan is to push this to jdk8/build as soon as the review says ok. 
Hoping today.
> Thanks,
> David
>
>> /Erik