RFR : JDK-8202387: javac --release 11 not supported

[Jan Lahoda]

[+build-dev]

On 4.5.2018 03:27, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
> OK.
>
> It would be even better, perhaps in a subsequent update, if
> make/gendata/Gendata-jdk.compiler.gmk
> did not have to be updated for each release ... i.e. by changing A to B,
> and soon to C etc. The version
> letter can surely be inferred by the system.

True. Updated webrevs:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlahoda/8202387/code.01/
(code changes, including update to Makefiles to automatically infer the 
current JDK version)

http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlahoda/8202387/data.01/
(historical data for JDK 10, similar patches will be needed for each new 
JDK version)

How does this look?

Thanks,
     Jan

>
> -- Jon
>
>
>
> On 05/03/2018 11:07 AM, Jan Lahoda wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Bug:
>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8202387
>>
>> This patch adds historical data for JDK 10 and adds support for
>> --release 11.
>>
>> To simplify adding new platforms, the CreateSymbols tool is updated to
>> support incrementally adding platform support. So now it is possible
>> to run command like:
>> <jdk10>/bin/java <classpath-setup>
>> build.tools.symbolgenerator.CreateSymbols
>> build-description-incremental symbols include.list
>>
>> to add historical data for JDK 10. In the future it might even be
>> possible to use the source launcher so that one would not need to
>> compile the tool before use.
>>
>> The webrevs are split into two:
>> -updating the CreateSymbols tool, and adding a test that verifies that
>> "--release <current>" works (as suggested):
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlahoda/8202387/code.00/
>> -actually adding the data for JDK 10, and adding --release 11:
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~jlahoda/8202387/data.00/
>>
>> How does this look?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>     Jan
>