Request to backport 4 fixes to 11-dev + add README files in support of GIT transition

[Johan Vos]

Approved

On Thu, Apr 22, 2021 at 12:21 AM Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushforth at oracle.com>
wrote:

> Hi Johan,
>
> I request approval to backport the following fixes to 11-dev in support
> of the transition to GIT:
>
> 8231735: gradle checkrepo is obsolete and doesn't work with git
> 8223719: Add .gitignore to repo
> 8223722: Cleanup .gitignore file
> 8227920: Remove dummy README from FX repo
>
> And also to create the needed README files using the following bug;
> since this one isn't  backport of existing content, I also provided a
> draft PR for review purposes:
>
> 8265667 : Add README.md and CONTRIBUTING.md to FX 11-dev/rt repo
> https://github.com/kevinrushforth/jfx/pull/2
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8265667
>
> -- Kevin
>
>