code review request: 7083576 (was Re: no javax/xml/crypto jprt test targets in jdk/test/Makefile)

[Kelly O'Hair]

On Aug 26, 2011, at 7:08 AM, Chris Hegarty wrote:

> On 08/26/11 02:45 PM, Sean Mullan wrote:
>> On 8/26/11 9:42 AM, Weijun Wang wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 08/26/2011 09:15 PM, Sean Mullan wrote:
>>>> Looks fine though you missed updating the copyright date on the test.
>>> 
>>> Recently I form a new habit of not touching copyright years at all, so
>>> that a changeset can be ported to another version with no change at all.
>> 
>> Ok, so does that mean someone else will update the copyright later on?
> 
> This comes up from time to time, and I've never seen a definitive answer ( unless the answer is do whatever you like ;-) ).
> 
> There is a script in the repo [1] for updating the copyright year, that is run occasionally. I typically leave it to the script to take care of the updates, but occasionally take it upon myself. I don't think there is a hard and fast rule here, but I stand to be corrected.

There is no hard and fast rule, and it's ok to leave them alone.

I have taken it upon myself to run this script occasionally, but the real responsibility has never been assigned to
any one person or group, I hope to correct that. Just not sure who the target of my attempt will be yet. ;^)

-kto

> 
> -Chris
> 
> [1] http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jdk7/file/tip/make/scripts/update_copyright_year.sh
> 
>> 
>> --Sean