Version of jtreg to use for testing of specific JDK 8u-dev releases?

[Jonathan Gibbons]

Hi,

Generally, the recommended version of jtreg for most releases is a build 
from the latest sources with a tag of the form jtreg4.1-bNN. You can see 
the tags here:

http://hg.openjdk.java.net/code-tools/jtreg/tags

You can generally get a copy of a build of the latest version by 
following the links on the OpenJDK jtreg page, or by going to the Adopt 
OpenJDK group's pages.
http://openjdk.java.net/jtreg/
https://adopt-openjdk.ci.cloudbees.com/job/jtreg/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/

(Oracle folk can also get builds from Oracle's internal servers.)

The primary exception to the rule to use the latest tagged version is 
with regard to running tests in the OpenJDK jigsaw/jake forest. In this 
case, the recommendation is to use a build from the tip of the 
repository.   Since you're asking about jdk8u, this does not apply to you.

Hope that helps,

-- Jon


On 09/28/2015 12:39 PM, Srinivas Ramakrishna wrote:
> Hello all --
>
> What's the version iof jtreg to use for JDK 8u testing?
> I am seeing two failures in HotSpot regression tests that appear to be
> because of using a somewhat older version of jtreg and wanted to
> check if there's any way to tell what the correct vintage of jtreg
> recommended
> for testing specific jdk8u releases?
>
> Would it be safe to always get the latest jtreg for testing at any time, or
> are there
> tagged builds of jtreeg suitable for specific versions of jdk8u-dev testing?
>
> thanks for any pointers!
> -- ramki