Merge CacioWeb

[Dalibor Topic]

On 1/3/12 1:53 AM, Mario Torre wrote:
> Hello all,

Ugh, cross-post overload. I'll limit my reply to what seems like the most appropriate mailing list.
  
> I think that the level of activity justifies to start thinking about the future and the final merge of the project on the JDK repositories (I think JDK8/JDK9 timeframe would be the goal).

See http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/1 for the process framework in which such a proposal would need to fit to get into a future JDK release.
 
> On the other end, it could make more sense to include Cacio in the build process of the main JDK, especially since the only usable peer (and the only being actively developed) is currently the HTML5 one, and by integrating this in the JDK forest as well, my hope is to enable builds to pass (or be tested against) the TCK.

That would be the backwards way of doing it, I think. As you outlined earlier in your e-mail, this implementation can be used & tested independently of the JDK.
So I'd be curious about its status wrt to existing jtreg tests, and if that looks good, I believe that you should look into http://openjdk.java.net/groups/conformance/ 
and then working within your project until it's ready. That's the path that zero & shark took, and I think it worked out much better than the integrate first, compatibility test later alternative you seem to be suggesting here.
 
> I know that based on the new rules I will have to formally propose a project, 

Not necessarily. If what you plan to do fits under the umbrella of your existing Project, I'd suggest simply using that.

cheers,
dalibor topic
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