RFR: 8341134: Deprecate for removal the jrunscript tool [v4]

Jaikiran Pai jpai at openjdk.org
Wed Oct 9 01:19:56 UTC 2024


On Tue, 8 Oct 2024 01:36:39 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> Can I please get  a review for this change which proposes to deprecate for removal the `jrunscript` tool?
>> 
>> The `jrunscript` tool as documented in its specification https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/23/docs/specs/man/jrunscript.html was an experimental and unsupported tool. Ever since the script engine implementations have been removed from the JDK, the default usage of this tool has been non-functional:
>> 
>> 
>> $> jrunscript
>> script engine for language js can not be found
>> 
>> 
>> The tool itself could be launched by specifying a script engine implementation in the classpath, in which case it will use that script engine implementation. However, given that the JDK itself ships no such engines anymore and since there are no plans to continue support for this tool, the tool will now print a deprecation warning in preparation for its removal from a future release.
>> 
>> No new tests have been added and existing tests in tier1, tier2 and tier3 continue to pass. I will draft a CSR (and a release note) shortly.
>
> Jaikiran Pai has updated the pull request incrementally with one additional commit since the last revision:
> 
>   Mandy's review - remove since JDK 24

Thank you for the review Mandy.

> Should we leave the man page change be part of the bulk update near the end of the release?

In recent times we have been updating the man page as and when necessary instead of doing it just once in bulk. I suspect there will still be some bulk changes at the end of the release.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/21380#issuecomment-2401083183


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