Looking ahead: proposed Hg forest consolidation for JDK 10 -- prototype repo now on hg.openjdk.java.net

[Jonathan Gibbons]

The consol-proto seems to have separate jtreg test suites (i.e. separate 
TEST.ROOT files) for test/{jdk,langtools,...}

Is that intentional, or just waiting to be fixed?

-- Jon

On 04/05/2017 09:51 AM, joe darcy wrote:
> FYI, follow-up discussions on this topic now occurring on jdk10-dev:
>
>     "Coming soon: second generation prototype of Hg forest 
> consolidation,"
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk10-dev/2017-April/000155.html
>
> -Joe
>
>
> On 10/14/2016 3:40 PM, joe darcy wrote:
>> On 10/10/2016 7:11 PM, joe darcy wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Looking ahead to JDK 10, a group of JDK engineers have been 
>>> exploring consolidating the large number of Hg repositories in an 
>>> open JDK forest to a single one with the goal of using the 
>>> consolidated arrangement for JDK 10.
>>>
>>> This message is being sent to jdk9-dev since a jdk10-dev alias to 
>>> discuss JDK 10 doesn't exist yet.
>>>
>>> A JEP describing the project has been submitted :
>>>
>>>     JDK-8167368: Consolidate JDK 10 OpenJDK repositories to a single 
>>> repository
>>>     https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8167368
>>>
>>> The text of the JEP describes the motivation and current state of 
>>> the work in more detail, including proposed changes to the file 
>>> layout. Publication of the prototype consolidated repository is 
>>> planned, but not done yet.
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>> The prototype is now available from
>>
>>     http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk9/consol-proto/
>>
>> As implied by the tags, at present the prototype should be 
>> functionally equivalent to jdk-9+138.
>>
>> Enjoy,
>>
>> -Joe
>