Update on JDK 10 repo consolidation; third generation prototype coming soon, September 2017 still the target

[Weijun Wang]

Hotspot is special, and it already has a src/hotspot which stands out, but it's still inside src.

And I cannot see why jaxp and nashorn need to stay out of jdk. Maybe langtools is a little special.

--Max

> On Sep 6, 2017, at 10:18 AM, David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> On 6/09/2017 12:02 PM, Weijun Wang wrote:
>> So there is no plan to deal with multiple ProblemList.txt files and groups defined in multiple TEST.groups?
> 
> I for one would not want to see the test directory flattened. I want to be able to focus on hotspot tests, or jdk tests, or whatever tests. Many of the hotspot tests would not make sense in a flattened layout - you would have no idea what they pertain to. I prefer to see the tests kept in functional groups.
> 
> That said I would think it possible to define a top-level test/TEST.ROOT etc that allows all the underlying tests to be combined as needed.
> 
> Cheers,
> David