Integrated: 8258499: JavaFX: Move src.zip out of the lib directory

[Kevin Rushforth]

On Wed, 30 Jun 2021 15:06:50 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <kcr at openjdk.org> wrote:

> The JavaFX SDK bundle provides a set of modular jars in the `lib` directory. It provides a `src.zip` file for use by IDEs in that same `lib` directory. If a developer adds the `lib` directory to their application's module path in the IDE, it will try to load `src.zip` as if it were a jar file, and will fail. This is a pain point for developers using the SDK. 
> 
> The proposed solution is to move the `src.zip` file from the lib directory to the top directory of the SDK.
> 
> With this fix, the layout of the SDK will be:
> 
> 
> <sdk>/
>     bin/                      (Windows)
>         <native libraries>    (Windows)
> 
>     legal/
>         ...
> 
>     lib/
>         *.jar
>         <native libraries>    (macOS and Linux)
> 
>     src.zip
> 
> 
> NOTES:
> 1. The JavaFX Eclipse plugin will need a minor change, which is tracked by eclipse-efx/efxclipse-eclipse#85.
> 2. This still needs to be tested on IntelliJ

This pull request has now been integrated.

Changeset: 61aff1c0
Author:    Kevin Rushforth <kcr at openjdk.org>
URL:       https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/commit/61aff1c00589033640393e0a9eddd21187ff6324
Stats:     1 line in 1 file changed: 0 ins; 0 del; 1 mod

8258499: JavaFX: Move src.zip out of the lib directory

Reviewed-by: mhanl, jvos, aghaisas

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/558