CFV: New Project: Code Tools

[Omair Majid]

Vote: Yes

On 03/22/2012 07:46 PM, 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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