7197491: update copyright year to match last edit in jdk8 jdk repository

[Darryl Mocek]

So the 3000+ files Alan is referring to are all files which have been 
modified but which haven't had their year updated?  If we're not worried 
about files which haven't been modified then a pre/post-commit script 
will suffice and depending on how we implement it we might not need 
periodic updates.

Darryl

On 11/02/2012 09:47 AM, Phil Race wrote:
> > but ultimately there are files which never get touched which will 
> need processing to update the year.
>
> The policy has varied over the years, but presently the policy is not to
> update the year in files that have not been updated code-wise.
>
> -phil.
>
> On 11/2/2012 9:37 AM, Darryl Mocek wrote:
>> Alan,
>>
>>     I was responsible for updating the copyrights for JavaME.  I used 
>> a Perl script to update the copyright year in the source files.  I 
>> can point you to the relevant information if you like. There were 
>> challenges as there are various copyrights in the source files 
>> (Oracle, Oracle + 3rd-party, 3rd party only, and no copyright), all 
>> with different formats, and even within the Oracle copyrights, people 
>> used subtle differences which caused difficulties.  I ended updating 
>> all copyrights to a few formats and adding a post-commit script which 
>> scrubbed the copyright and notified the committer if the copyright 
>> wasn't in the correct format and didn't have an ending year (or sole 
>> year) which is the current year.
>>
>> There are plenty of options here:
>>
>> - Do nothing (policy)
>> - Pre-commit script which changes the year automatically
>> - Pre-commit script which rejects commit with wrong year
>> - Post-commit script which flags a bad copyright, but accepts commit
>> - Others
>>
>> Updating the copyright year as you commit is a good habit to get 
>> into, but ultimately there are files which never get touched which 
>> will need processing to update the year.  I think doing this at the 
>> end/beginning of the year is good, we just need to make sure we get 
>> the copyright correct when processing.
>>
>> Darryl
>>
>> On 11/02/2012 05:46 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
>>>
>>> Now for some noise.
>>>
>>> The copyright date in the source files needs updating. The man 
>>> behind the curtain is Steve Sides from the Quality and Release 
>>> Engineering team in Oracle. Jon pushed, on Steve's behalf, the 
>>> update to the langtools files recently [1], and Mikael updated 
>>> hotspot [2]. The elephant is the jdk repository as there are 3000+ 
>>> files that need their headers updated.
>>>
>>> To keep the disruption to a minimum I propose that we do the jdk 
>>> repository in two steps: non-client area now to jdk8/tl, and then 
>>> the client-area later in jdk8/awt once the changes get there. I use 
>>> the term "client-area" loosely to mean the source files for awt, 
>>> swing, font, java2d, etc. (and I appreciate that there is also a 
>>> jdk8/2d forest in use). To that end here is the proposed patch for 
>>> today:
>>>
>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~alanb/7197491/copyright.patch
>>>
>>> This patch updates the headers on 2370 files. I don't propose to 
>>> publish a webrev as it's just too big.
>>>
>>> This patch was created with:
>>>
>>> cd jdk
>>> sh ../make/scripts/update_copyright_year.sh 2011
>>> sh ../make/scripts/update_copyright_year.sh 2012
>>> hg revert --no-backup `cat clientdirs.list`
>>> hg diff -g > copyright.patch
>>>
>>> where clientdirs.list is most of the directories corresponding to 
>>> the client area.
>>>
>>> Note that I ran the update_copyright_year.sh script twice, once for 
>>> 2011 and then a second time for 2012. The reason for this is that 
>>> there are several hundred files in the jdk repository that were last 
>>> updated in 2011 but have an older date on the header.
>>>
>>> Reviewer welcome but I should say that I don't have cycles to spend 
>>> on this. Also the patch has an a very short shelf life.
>>>
>>> Finally, I think that there needs to be wider discussion as to how 
>>> to keep the headers from falling behind too much. Some people do 
>>> update the headers when editing files, some people (including 
>>> myself) do not. It seems to me that it should be done regularly 
>>> anyway, perhaps every few months or at integration time every so often.
>>>
>>> -Alan.
>>>
>>> [1] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/tl/langtools/rev/9d47f4850714
>>> [2] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/jdk8/hotspot/rev/b9a9ed0f8eeb
>>
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