Review Request JDK-8182032: Make java.compiler upgradeable

[Remi Forax]

My concern is that by example javac and javap need to be aligned and by making a module upgradeable you can not make only some packages upgradeable.
So it seems logical that if java.compiler is upgradeable the other modules of langtools are upgradable too.

Rémi 


On June 13, 2017 10:26:18 AM GMT+02:00, Alan Bateman <Alan.Bateman at oracle.com> wrote:
>On 13/06/2017 08:42, Remi Forax wrote:
>> Hi Mandy,
>> why only java.compiler is upgradable and not all modules defined in
>langtools ?
>>
>java.compiler needs to be upgradeable because JSR 199 and JSR 269 are 
>standalone technologies.
>
>The other modules in the langtools repository are JDK-specific. They 
>aren't meant to be upgraded via the upgrade module path. If someone is 
>forking the code to create their own version of jdk.compiler (for 
>example) then they can re-package or load it into a child layer.
>
>-Alan

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