CFV: New Project: Code Tools

Artem Ananiev artem.ananiev at oracle.com
Fri Mar 23 09:38:45 UTC 2012


Vote: yes.

On 3/23/2012 3:46 AM, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
> I hereby propose the creation of the Code Tools Project[1] with
> Jon Gibbons as the Lead and the Compiler Group as the sponsoring
> Group(s).
>
> The goal of the Code Tools Project will be to provide tools of use to
> OpenJDK developers while working on the OpenJDK code base.
> Such tools currently include test tools and Mercurial extensions;
> it is envisaged that additional tools will be added over time,
> after discussion on the Project's main mailing list, and subject
> to the Project Lead's approval.
>
> There are a number of initial candidates for inclusion in such a Project.
>
> * jtreg
> jtreg is the regression test harness for the OpenJDK platform.
> It is currently just available via source bundles [2].
>
> * jtharness
> jtharness is the test framework underlying jtreg [3].
>
> * sigtest
> sigtest is a set of utilities relating to API signature checking [4].
>
> * the Mercurial "jcheck" extension
> jcheck provides simple validity checks on the contents of a changeset
>
> Jon has long been involved in the tools aspects of testing JDK.
> He designed the original JavaTest harness, underlying both JCK
> and jtreg. Since joining the JDK LangTools team, he has led the
> way in improving the reliability of test runs, both by improving
> tests and/or the jtreg test harness.
>
> The suggested sets of initial reviewers and committers are based
> upon the contributors to the initial set of tools listed above.
>
> The suggested initial set of Reviewers is:
>
> Mark Reinhold
> John Coomes
> Iris Clark
> Brian Kurotsuchi
> Dmitry Fazunenko
> Mikhail Ershov
> Kevin Looney
> Andrey Titov
>
> In addition, the suggested initial set of Committers is:
>
> Larry Hoffman
> Dawn Phillips
>
> Votes are due by 7:00AM UTC, Friday 6 April [7].
>
> Only current OpenJDK Members [5] are eligible to vote on this
> motion.
>
> For Lazy Consensus voting instructions, see [6].
>
> -- Jon Gibbons
>
> [1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/discuss/2012-March/002563.html
> [2] http://openjdk.java.net/jtreg
> [3] http://jtharness.java.net/
> [4] http://sigtest.java.net/
> [5] http://openjdk.java.net/census/#members
> [6] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/#new-project-vote
> [7]
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=CFV%3A+New+Code+Tools+Project&iso=20120406T0000&p1=224
>
>



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