Review Request JDK-8182032: Make java.compiler upgradeable

[Remi Forax]

Hi Mandy,
why only java.compiler is upgradable and not all modules defined in langtools ?

cheers,
Rémi

----- Mail original -----
> De: "Mandy Chung" <mandy.chung at oracle.com>
> À: "jigsaw-dev" <jigsaw-dev at openjdk.java.net>
> Envoyé: Mardi 13 Juin 2017 07:35:04
> Objet: Review Request JDK-8182032: Make java.compiler upgradeable

> Webrev at:
>   http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mchung/jdk9/webrevs/8182032/webrev.00/
> 
> java.compiler is a standalone technology that allows to be running on older JDK,
> in particular for IDE to support new language features.
> 
> This patch takes out the make logic to find the modules that directly and
> indirectly require any upgradeable modules and include them as upgradeable.
> Instead it lists all upgradeable modules.  The list of upgradeable modules is
> small whereas the exclude list is not (which is also error-prone to find them).
> I have added a new test to verify what modules are hashed in java.base.
> 
> Mandy