RFR: JEP 367: Remove the Pack200 Tools and API

[David Holmes]

Correction ...

On 21/11/2019 9:10 am, David Holmes wrote:
> Hi Vicente,
> 
> Not sure the best mailing list for this review ... jdk-dev may not be 
> well monitored.
> 
> Is there a separate review thread for the actual tool removal (jdk.pack) 

I overlooked the removal of jdk.pack (scrolling too fast through the 
webrev) - apologies.

David
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> and build system changes?
> 
> This removal seems okay, but I found one additional reference:
> 
> ./src/utils/IdealGraphVisualizer/nbproject/project.properties:auxiliary.org-netbeans-modules-apisupport-installer.pack200-enabled=false 
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> David
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> On 21/11/2019 8:54 am, Vicente Romero wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need a reviewer for the changes to remove pack200 and unpack200 from 
>> the JDK. The webrev with the removal is at [1]. This patch is the 
>> "implementation" of JEP 367 [2]. The patch is basically removing the 
>> Pack200 related APIs plus its implementation plus any reference to it 
>> in other tools like `jar`. In the case of `jar`, Pack200 was only used 
>> if the `-n` flag was passed to the tool. I have removed the code that 
>> was executed when that flag was passed. I have also removed all the 
>> tests for Pack200.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Vicente
>>
>> [1] http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~vromero/8234542/webrev.00/
>> [2] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8232022