[8u] RFR: 8222737: [TESTBUG] Allow for tier 1 like testing in OpenJDK 8u

[Severin Gehwolf]

Hi Andrew,

On Thu, 2019-05-23 at 09:34 +0100, Andrew Dinn wrote:
> Hi Severin,
> 
> On 22/05/2019 17:34, Severin Gehwolf wrote:
> > Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8222737
> > webrev: http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sgehwolf/webrevs/JDK-8222737/02/
> >         (includes changes to top/hotspot/jdk/langtools repos)
> > 
> > Example excerpt from a run:
> > http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sgehwolf/webrevs/JDK-8222737/02/example_output.txt
> > 
> > Thoughts?
> Unfortunately, my makefile fu is too limited to provide a reliable
> review of the patch (I'm mostly just surprised it took so few changes to
> achieve). However, I can still wholeheartedly applaud this endeavour and
> its present outcome.

:) Great.

> As you say tuning the test group can be done over time as a follow-up.
> The important thing is to quickly place devs in a position to easily
> check that fixes have no unintended side-effects. Very nice!

Thanks for looking this over!

Cheers,
Severin