RFR: 8288989: Make tests not to depend on the source code

Wed Dec 13 16:57:43 UTC 2023

On Wed, 13 Dec 2023 15:01:08 GMT, Vicente Romero <vromero at openjdk.org> wrote:

> just curious: in what conditions the tests will be executed in a source-less test environment? and in any case isn't it preferable to let the test fail so that the user knows that it failed?

Some external users execute tests in a context where the source directory is not available.  Throwing `jtreg.SkippedException` is a mild form of noticeable failure.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/16470#issuecomment-1854341138