RFR: JDK-8028162 - Update Netbeans / Solaris Studio project files

[Bradford Wetmore]

Jesper,

This is not a review comment, but could you tell us how these netbeans 
projects are supposed to be used?  To do my JDK debugging, I usually 
create an exploded JDK build using the normal make files, then in 
Netbeans created a new platform that pointed at the build/*/jdk 
directory, then created a test file as a regular project and assigned 
the just-created platform to it.  I can then run the test and step 
through the JDK code, recompiling using an external make if I need to 
iterate.  Very convenient.

What does this Netbeans project file do that I won't get with my current 
approach?

Brad


On 6/23/2016 3:55 PM, Jesper Wilhelmsson wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Please review this patch to update the NetBeans project files for JDK 9.
> Several big changes in the code base (Jigsaw, GC restructuring, etc)
> have made the old NBproject in need of an update.
>
> Vladimir Kvashin in the Studio IDE team has kindly helped us to update
> the project files on all platforms. I have reviewed the changes and used
> the new project on Mac to verify that it works as expected.
>
> I'm not sure if I'm a reviewer or a Reviewer in this part of the JDK
> forest.
> One more Reviewer is needed.
>
> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jwilhelm/8028162/webrev.01/
>
> Bugs:
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8028162
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8028163
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8028164
>
>
> Thanks,
> /Jesper