RFR : JDK-8202387: javac --release 11 not supported
Jonathan Gibbons
jonathan.gibbons at oracle.com
Fri May 4 20:45:11 UTC 2018
I like the Makefile improvement.
+1
-- Jon
On 05/04/2018 06:48 AM, Jan Lahoda wrote:
> [+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
>>
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