RFR: JDK-8244093 Move all IDE support into coherent structure in make directory

[Jan Lahoda]

I am not sure if anyone is still using make/jdk/netbeans. Apache 
NetBeans does not (should not) need these config files, it supports 
OpenJDK modules out of the box (with some tweaks/dependencies on 
make/langtools/** to speed up langtools build).

As Maurizio, there may be some need to move the "fast" langtools build 
more carefully. I'll try to take a look later, unless some else wants 
to. Although, a little independently, I wonder somewhat if there's an 
opportunity to further speed up the ordinary make build in incremental 
environment to reduce the need for a "fast" langtools build. E.g. by 
enhancing the current Depend javac plugin, and possibly optionally 
disabling the interim langtools build. This could improve incremental 
build behavior for other modules (like java.base or java.desktop) as well.

Jan

On 29. 04. 20 12:36, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
> The IDE support in OpenJDK unfortunately leaves a lot to be desired. 
> There have been a garden variety of attempt to support a specific IDE 
> for a specific part of the code base, cluttered all over the code base.
> 
> This patch is a first attempt go get one ring, eh..., structure, to rule 
> them all.
> 
> I have moved all IDE project creators into the following structure:
> 
> make/ide/<ide>/<part of the code>
> 
> where <part of the code> is one of currently "hotspot", "langtools" or 
> "jdk", and <ide> is one of "vscode", "idea", "netbeans" or "vistualstudio".
> 
> This will not magically improve IDE support, but will at least make it 
> clearer what we have and what we are missing.
> 
> Ownership of the IDE support is notoriously vague. I've cc:ed a bunch of 
> people who has shown interest and/or submitted fixes to some of the IDE 
> projects according to the hg history. I'd appreciate it if anyone who is 
> interested in a particular case for IDE support can verify that it still 
> works. I've tried my best to make sure all targets can run without 
> errors, but I cannot verify that the IDE environment themselves are 
> correct.
> 
> If you know about an IDE project that is no longer relevant, and should 
> be removed instead of shuffled around, please let me know!
> 
> Bug: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8244093
> WebRev: 
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ihse/JDK-8244093-move-ide-support/webrev.01
> 
> /Magnus