Missing webrev features ( was Re: RFR: JDK-8027836 Webrev script breaks for files that has been moved from a directory which now is also removed)

[Magnus Ihse Bursie]

On 2013-11-07 22:39, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
>
> It's not clear to me whether you mean a new repository within the 
> standard existing code-tools project, or another repo in a JDK forest, 
> in a "common" subdirectory.

I meant a new repository within the code-tools project, most reasonably 
named http://hg.openjdk.java.net/code-tools/webrev.

>
> How important is it to keep [compatibility with] make/script/webrev.ksh?

If we can achieve both the goal of moving the webrev script away from 
being tied to a specific jdk repo, and still let everyone keep their 
scripts/command lines/etc intact, I can't see the harm in that. It's no 
big deal forcing people to clone yet another repo to use webrev, but on 
the other hand, it's no big deal to make this change completely 
transparant as well -- and then I'd prefer the latter.

/Magnus