RFR: 8297091: New langtools test jdk/javadoc/doclet/testValueTag/TestValueFormats.java fails on machines with unexpected number format

[Jonathan Gibbons]

On Tue, 15 Nov 2022 23:05:04 GMT, Christoph Langer <clanger at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The new test langtools/jdk/javadoc/doclet/testValueTag/TestValueFormats.java assumes a number format with a decimal separator dot (.). This can be different in other locales.
> 
> This fixes the issue by expecting a number format that is calculated at runtime, with the locale settings the test runs in. Not sure if it is the correct way to fix, though.

Generally, there are two ways to fix issues like this:
1. force the locale to be as needed
2. accommodate the locale being used

1 is simpler; 2 seems like a better solution.

In general, we don't do a lot of testing in non-English locales. (Our bad.). Is this the only (javadoc?) test that fails?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/11177