RFR: 8202: JMC 9 release notes

[Alex Macdonald]

On Mon, 11 Mar 2024 20:37:13 GMT, Marcus Hirt <hirt at openjdk.org> wrote:

> First draft! Please let me know what I missed. :)

Looks good! I left a couple comments inline.

I think it's a comprehensive list of features, but if you want to pad it a bit more there is the Dark Mode feature that could look nice in there, as well as the File Force Rule from https://github.com/openjdk/jmc/commit/f7ee5856528f474936b032361cc46a5ccfc6d4a7

releng/tools/org.openjdk.jmc.util.releasenotes/notes/9.0/notes.xml line 12:

> 10:                 several new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. This version continues to support connecting to, and parsing 
> 11:                 JFR recordings from, OpenJDK 8u272+ and Oracle JDK 7u40+, and can open and visualize flight recordings from JDK 7 
> 12:                 and 8. JDK Mission Control is available for Windows (x86_64), Mac OS X (ARM and x86_64), and Linux (x86_64).

The Linux part should mention ARM

releng/tools/org.openjdk.jmc.util.releasenotes/notes/9.0/notes.xml line 47:

> 45:             <title>Add user configuration for local JVM refresh interval</title>
> 46:             <description>
> 47: 				Previously the JVM Browser checked every 5000 ms [0] for new JVMs. This can now be configured.

Doesn't need the `[0]` here

releng/tools/org.openjdk.jmc.util.releasenotes/notes/9.0/notes.xml line 77:

> 75:             <title>Move non-Eclipse dependant classes from org.openjdk.jmc.ui.common to org.openjdk.jmc.common</title>
> 76:             <description>
> 77:             	There are a number of classes currently in jmc.ui.common that would be a great asset to the core distribution (and the 

Since the refactoring has happened, I think the first part of this sentence should probably be put in the past tense, something like:

There were a number of classes previously in jmc.ui.common that are a great asset to the core distribution (and the third-party applications that consume jmc core libraries), and these classes now live in jmc.common.

releng/tools/org.openjdk.jmc.util.releasenotes/notes/9.0/notes.xml line 95:

> 93:             <description>
> 94: 				The org.openjdk.jmc.flightrecorder.configuration bundle contains many classes useful for working with jfr, 
> 95: 				and would be a great asset to have in core. Please see JMC-7307 for further information.

Maybe re-word the last part of that first sentence to something like:

s/and would be a great asset to have in core./and are now made available in core./

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jmc/pull/555#pullrequestreview-1931080499
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jmc/pull/555#discussion_r1521475025
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jmc/pull/555#discussion_r1521475596
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jmc/pull/555#discussion_r1521479779
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jmc/pull/555#discussion_r1521481955