RFR: 8055949: ByteArrayOutputStream capacity should be maximal array size permitted by VM

[Alan Bateman]

On 25/08/2014 21:45, Martin Buchholz wrote:
> :
>
> jtreg tests are run by default with -ignore:quiet and there is 
> precedent for other tests with such @ignore statements, and I actually 
> used jtreg -ignore:run to really test this.
>
> What I would really like someday is to be able to run expensive tests 
> (like this one) only if a user expressly requested them.
>
> Anyways, I'm intending to submit as is unless you feel strongly.
The issue here is that we still lack a means to select tests based on 
resources and other criteria. I hope this come in time so it will be 
possible to write tests like this properly.

In the mean-time then my only concern is that pushing a test with 
@ignore is just adding to the technical debt. Such tests are unlikely to 
be run or maintained. If you do push it with @test then a minor comment 
is to maybe push in the second line of @summary so that it is more 
distinguishable from the @ lines.

-Alan.