[jdk21] RFR: 8311264: JavaDoc index comparator is not transitive

[Pavel Rappo]

On Thu, 6 Jul 2023 09:35:30 GMT, Hannes Wallnöfer <hannesw at openjdk.org> wrote:

> This bug existed before 21, but [JDK-8286470](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8286470) triggered it and caused some strange and possibly non-deterministic ordering of items in the JavaDoc index pages, which caused failures reported in [JDK-8309233](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8309233). Since the fix is fairly simple I think it should be backported to 21.

Marked as reviewed by prappo (Reviewer).

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk21/pull/100#pullrequestreview-1516313986