RFR: 8301991: Convert l10n properties resource bundles to UTF-8 native [v6]

[Naoto Sato]

On Thu, 11 May 2023 20:21:57 GMT, Justin Lu <jlu at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This PR converts Unicode sequences to UTF-8 native in .properties file. (Excluding the Unicode space and tab sequence). The conversion was done using native2ascii.
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>> In addition, the build logic is adjusted to support reading in the .properties files as UTF-8 during the conversion from .properties file to .java ListResourceBundle file.
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> Justin Lu has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 16 commits:
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>  - Convert the merged master changes to UTF-8
>  - Merge master and fix conflicts
>  - Close streams when finished loading into props
>  - Adjust CF test to read in with UTF-8 to fix failing test
>  - Reconvert CS.properties to UTF-8
>  - Revert all changes to CurrencySymbols.properties
>  - Bug6204853 should not be converted
>  - Copyright year for CompileProperties
>  - Redo translation for CS.properties
>  - Spot convert CurrencySymbols.properties
>  - ... and 6 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/4386d42d...f15b373a

I think this is fine, as those properties files are JDK's own. I believe the benefit of moving to UTF-8 outweighs the issue you wrote, which can be remedied by changing the encoding in the IDEs.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/12726#issuecomment-1544722480