RFR 8196215: sun/security/util/Resources/customSysClassLoader/MessageFormatting.java failed on ar_SA locale.

[Weijun Wang]

Can you use Locale.ROOT?

> On Feb 8, 2018, at 4:01 AM, Sean Mullan <sean.mullan at oracle.com> wrote:
> 
> On 2/7/18 2:26 PM, Adam Petcher wrote:
>> On 2/7/2018 12:33 PM, Sean Mullan wrote:
>>> This looks fine although I don't really think you need the othervm on line 36; that seems like something that is done separately as part of testing all of the tests on different locales.
>> I included that line as a regression test for this bug. I would prefer to keep it, because it uses a locale that is known to cause problems for (earlier versions of) this test. I don't know how common these problematic locales are, and how often the test suite is run under them. If there is a regression here, it would be nice to know about it before release testing.
>> Do you expect this @run line to cause any problems (other than being unnecessary)?
> 
> I guess it's fine; it is just that I have seen default locale test bugs filed in other places (do a search on the i18n label), so it seems like there is some overall broader test coverage on this already. Maybe ask the submitter for more info as to how this came about. Either way, it was a minor comment, so I am ok if you want to keep it.
> 
> --Sean
>