Verona (JEP 223) Integration to JDK 9

[Iris Clark]

Hi.

Implementation of the new version-string scheme for OpenJDK (JEP 223 [0]) is
nearly complete and we are almost ready to push verona/stage [1] into the 
JDK 9 release.

The changes for Verona were primarily in the build system and the jdk and
hotspot repositories to support the modified system properties.  Most notably,
"java.version" now returns "9" instead of "1.9.0".  Additional changes were
also needed in a small number of regression tests.

The most common problem we've discovered is that applications that detect the
version number may include code which assumes that the version string begins
with "1." or that there is always a '.' in the version string.

As you may recall, we've been using this forest to stage all Reviewed
changesets.  Now that we are ready to integrate we will use build 95 to
integrate all the Project Verona changes as an isolated integration.  Other
jdk9/* development forests will continue to accumulate changesets for an
additional week.

Here's the anticipated time line:

    Thu 26 Nov [ US Thanksgiving ]
        - jdk9/jdk9 (MASTER) build 94 promotion 

    On or before Mon 30 Nov
        - Sync verona/stage with jdk9/jdk9 MASTER (build 94)

    Tues 1 Dec
        - Integrate verona/stage to jdk9/jdk9 (MASTER)

    Wed 2 Dec
        - jdk9/jdk9 build 95 promotion (with Verona)
        - After promotion, sync down to jdk9/dev and other dependent forests

All remaining Verona changes will be pushed to a standard JDK 9 development
forest (e.g. jdk9/dev or jdk9/client).  The regular integration and promotion
schedule will resume with build 96 the week of 7 Dec.

Thanks,
iris

[0] http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/223
[1] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/verona/stage