Coming soon: second generation prototype of Hg forest consolidation

[joe darcy]

Hello,

As previously discussed [1], we've been exploring consolidating the many 
repositories in an OpenJDK Hg forest (jdk, langtools, hotspot, ...) into 
a single repository for JDK 10. The initial prototype of a consolidated 
repo [2], equivalent to JDK 9 build 138, was published in October 2016.

Erik Joelsson has been working on a refined version of the consolidation 
repo and we plan to publish this second generation prototype in the near 
future. The new prototype presents a more faithful view of the sources 
between tags for promoted builds and provides a cleaner overall file layout.

The corresponding JEP [3] will be updated to reflect the details of the 
new prototype in due course.

Cheers,

-Joe

[1] "Looking ahead: proposed Hg forest consolidation for JDK 10,"
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2016-October/004987.html

[2] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/consol-proto/

[3] JEP 296: Consolidate the JDK Forest into a Single Repository
http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/296