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

[joe darcy]

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