RFR (S): 8221880: Better customization for Windows RC properties FileDescription and ProductName

[Langer, Christoph]

Hi Erik,

> Looking closer at what we are doing, we are actually overriding
> JDK_RC_PLATFORM_NAME as well, and there are a couple of direct
> references to that variable in our custom makefiles. So I will still
> need to update those if this goes in.

Ok, but I think then we can/will keep JDK_RC_PLATFORM_NAME, no?

> In OpenJDK builds, the current strings evaluate to "OpenJDK Platform"
> and for Oracle builds "Java(TM) Platform SE". It makes me curious as to
> what you need to modify the string to?

We want to print "SapMachine" there, see this commit:
https://github.com/SAP/SapMachine/commit/e70a2bcb8a813bfca7adf82590a4427114af88a6#diff-00a92a44400757c2a70383c1b51ab8fa

I would also be beneficial, if we could add a configure option for MACOSX_BUNDLE_NAME_BASE and MACOSX_BUNDLE_ID_BASE. We have a diff there as well:
https://github.com/SAP/SapMachine/commit/d5df3b2c65fd8b833989375886640433ee9fa0f1#diff-ac0146eb7428c83f99766e2a13ff1b17

Or are there maybe other hooks to customize these kinds of properties?

In any case, if it comes to a push of this change, I'd then let you do it to coordinate with your internal infrastructure 😊

Thanks
Christoph

> On 2019-04-03 14:33, Langer, Christoph wrote:
> > Hi Erik,
> >
> > please see this new webrev:
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~clanger/webrevs/8221880.1/
> >
> > I would now add a new configure flag --with-jdk-rc-name. By default, it is
> unset and JDK_RC_NAME would be set to $PRODUCT_NAME
> $JDK_RC_PLATFORM_NAME. I think this change would not create the need
> for any modification to current build calls.
> >
> > One additional point that I was thinking about: Shouldn't we maybe
> remove JDK_RC_PLATFORM_NAME from version-numbers at all and hard
> code the value "Platform" in make/autoconf/jdk-version.m4?
> >
> > /Christoph
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Langer, Christoph
> >> Sent: Mittwoch, 3. April 2019 16:25
> >> To: 'Erik Joelsson' <erik.joelsson at oracle.com>; build-
> dev at openjdk.java.net
> >> Subject: RE: RFR (S): 8221880: Better customization for Windows RC
> >> properties FileDescription and ProductName
> >>
> >> Hi Erik,
> >>
> >> thanks for the information. Now I also understand your constraints 😊
> >>
> >> I think I'll then try to come up with some configure flag for setting
> >> JDK_RC_NAME. And I'll see if I can do it in a way that you would not need
> to
> >> change something in your internal setup.
> >>
> >> /Christoph
> >>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Erik Joelsson <erik.joelsson at oracle.com>
> >>> Sent: Mittwoch, 3. April 2019 16:18
> >>> To: Langer, Christoph <christoph.langer at sap.com>; build-
> >>> dev at openjdk.java.net
> >>> Subject: Re: RFR (S): 8221880: Better customization for Windows RC
> >>> properties FileDescription and ProductName
> >>>
> >>> Hello Christoph,
> >>>
> >>> I understand your problem, but a complicating factor here is that the
> >>> version-numbers file is currently formatted as a properties file and we
> >>> do consume it as such in other places. While we don't specifically look
> >>> for this property there, I think it sets a bad precedent if we let it
> >>> become a shell script instead. Could you find a solution without
> >>> variable references in version-numbers?
> >>>
> >>> We do override PRODUCT_NAME for our builds, but we do not do it by
> >>> patching the version-numbers file. We do it through the custom
> extension
> >>> hooks in configure. With your change here, that would no longer work
> >>> unless we override this new JDK_RC_NAME variable explicitly.
> >>>
> >>> I guess I would be OK with JDK_RC_NAME="OpenJDK Platform", but we
> >> will
> >>> need a corresponding internal fix very quickly, so please keep me
> >>> updated when such a change is pushed.
> >>>
> >>> /Erik
> >>>
> >>> On 2019-04-03 01:06, Langer, Christoph wrote:
> >>>> Hi,
> >>>>
> >>>> In our downstream build, I'd like to be able to set/customize the value
> for
> >>> the Windows RC properties "ProductName" and "FileDescription" via the
> >>> version-numbers file. These values manifest in Windows executable
> >>> properties.
> >>>> During the build ProductName gets set to "OpenJDK Platform 13" and
> >>> FileDescription will be "OpenJDK Platform binary". This value is obtained
> by
> >>> concatenating \$(PRODUCT_NAME) \$(JDK_RC_PLATFORM_NAME) in
> >> flags-
> >>> other.m4. Both variables get set in version-numbers. So, if I was to
> >> customize
> >>> the properties, I could change PRODUCT_NAME and
> >>> JDK_RC_PLATFORM_NAME in version-numbers. However, modifying
> the
> >>> former is no good idea since it is used ubiquitously and has unwanted
> side
> >>> effects. On the other hand, I could make an adaption to flags-other.m4,
> but
> >>> that diff would be hidden and not in a central place where I'd expect
> such
> >>> customizing diffs.
> >>>> So, please review this small fix, which allows for modifying these RC
> >>> properties in version-numbers. The default behavior won't be changed.
> >>>> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8221880
> >>>> Webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~clanger/webrevs/8221880.0/
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks
> >>>> Christoph
> >>>>