"j2sdk-image" and new build system

[Martin Buchholz]

On Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 2:45 AM, Alan Bateman <Alan.Bateman at oracle.com>wrote:

> On 23/02/2013 10:29, David Holmes wrote:
>
>>
>> Just be aware there's a lot more involved in doing this than just
>> changing one a name in a makefile.
>>
>>  You beat to me too! Yes, there are likely a lot of scripts and paths
> that assume the image name is j2sdk-image or j2re-image so renaming will be
> a bit disruptive.
>
>
Sure, but you are *already* making a huge disruptive change to build
directory layout.  People have to change their scripts from
linux-amd64/j2sdk-image
to
linux-x86_64-normal-server-release/images/j2sdk-image

Especially the repetition of "image" seems wrong in the new layout.

Why not
images/j2sdk-image
to
images/jdk

If you really want to keep "j2sdk-image", move it back into its parent
directory.


> Also I think the initial goal of the new build system was to get it to the
> point where it generated the "same bits" as the old build. I assume this is
> why the new build went for the same directory names as the old build (and
> probably because of scripts depending on the name too).


Hopefully the new build system will lead to an increase, not decrease, in
overall sanity.