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

[Johan Vos]

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 indeed makes it easier, at least on NetBeans, to avoid issues with source code and jars in the same directory.

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Marked as reviewed by jvos (Reviewer).

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