CFV: New Project: Code Tools

[Mario Torre]

Vote: Yes.

Cheers,
Mario

2012/3/23 Jonathan Gibbons <jonathan.gibbons at oracle.com>:
> 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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