CodeTool proposal: Webrev

[Jonathan Gibbons]

On 11/11/2013 12:26 PM, Magnus Ihse Bursie wrote:
> Name: WebRev
>
> Summary: A tool for generating a bunch of static html pages, widely 
> accepted as the default way of performing code reviews in the OpenJDK 
> project.
>
> Proposed by: Magnus Ihse Bursie
>
> Rationale:
>
> The WebRev tool has existed a long time. It is the de-facto way of 
> requesting code reviews in the OpenJDK project.
>
> However, the tool has been versioned alongside the code itself, in 
> make/scripts/webrev.ksh. This means that there are different versions 
> of the script around in different forests. Any new fixes or features 
> must be propagated to all forests, or the functionality will not be 
> available everywhere. This is unlikely to happen.
>
> Because of this, people tend to keep their own private copies, and 
> update them manually. Also, these private copies do in some cases 
> include patches or additions that might be beneficial to all users of 
> WebRev.
>
> Moving the tool to a separate repository would solve all these problems.
>
> There is a bug on JBS tracking the removal of WebRev from the JDK 
> repos, see https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8028145. For this 
> to be able to happen, a new home must first be found for the WebRev 
> script.
>
> /Magnus

This seems like a fine idea.

-- Jon