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

[Joseph D. Darcy]

Hi Jon,

The second generation prototype is also currently using that structure 
for the tests. However, they may be combined to a single TEST.ROOT later on.

HTH,

-Joe

On 4/5/2017 11:38 AM, Jonathan Gibbons wrote:
> 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
>>
>