RFR: 8346232: Remove leftovers of the jar --normalize feature

[Eirik Bjørsnøs]

On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 08:40:24 GMT, Alan Bateman <alanb at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Please review this cleanup PR which removes a property and a code comment left behind after the `jar --normalize` feature  was removed in JDK 14.
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>> The feature was deprecated in JDK-8199871 and removed in JDK-8234542, along with removal of Pack200 tools and APIs.
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>> This PR removes the now unused `main.help.opt.create.normalize` property and a code comment in `Main.java` referencing normalization.
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> src/jdk.jartool/share/classes/sun/tools/jar/resources/jar.properties line 288:
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>> 286: \  -n, --normalize            Normalize information in the new jar archive\n\
>> 287: \                             after creation. This option is deprecated, and is\n\
>> 288: \                             planned for removal in a future JDK release
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> It does appear to be leftover from when the pack200 and the -n option were removed.
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> We don't usually touch the translated resources. Oracle updates the translations near the end of each release for the languages supported by Oracle JDK but there are a few translations that are probably out of date now. For removal then it's probably okay.

> We don't usually touch the translated resources. [...] For removal then it's probably okay.

What's your recommendation here? Happy to revert changes to translated files, keeping the delete in `jar.properties`, if so desirable.

This would rely on Oracle's translation update process catching the remval and update it, ideally in all translations, not only those supported by Oracle JDK, right?

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/22751#discussion_r1885558108