RFR: JDK-8208634 : Add x-IBM-1129 charset

Nasser Ebrahim enasser at in.ibm.com
Fri Aug 3 17:09:35 UTC 2018


Hello,

Java was not launching on many AIX supported locales as the default 
charsets for those locales were not included in the java.base and Java 
could not access jdk.charsets during boot up. 

Most of those locales were addressed through the Oracle bugs JDK-8201540 
[1] and  JDK-8202329 [2]. Still, few more are pending. In the remaining 
locales, two charsets (Vi_VN.IBM-1129 & ja_JP.IBM-eucJP) are missing in 
the jdk.charsets as well.

In this enhancement, IBM-1129 charset is getting added to jdk.charsets on 
all platforms and to java.base on AIX platform.

The webrev of the fix is available at
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~aleonard/IBM1129/webrev.00/

Kindly request you to review the webrev and provide your comments.

[1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8201540
[2] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8202329

Thank you,
Nasser Ebrahim



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