<i18n dev> RFR: 8325558: Add jcheck whitespace checking for properties files

[Naoto Sato]

On Fri, 9 Feb 2024 13:35:55 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <ihse at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This is an attempt to finally implement the idea brought forward in JDK-8295729:  Properties files is essentially source code. It should have the same whitespace checks as all other source code, so we don't get spurious trailing whitespace changes or leading tabs instead of spaces. 
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> With Skara jcheck, it is possible to increase the coverage of the whitespace checks.
> 
> However, this turned out to be problematic, since trailing whitespace is significant in properties files. That issue has mostly been sorted out in a series of PRs, and this patch will finish the job with the few remaining files, and actually enable the check in jcheck.

> @naotoj Thanks! Would you care to also submit a review?

My bad. I thought I approved this PR.

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Marked as reviewed by naoto (Reviewer).

PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17789#pullrequestreview-1875811619