RFR: 8257733: Move module-specific data from make to respective module [v6]

Phil Race prr at openjdk.java.net
Wed Mar 16 17:19:57 UTC 2022


On Tue, 15 Mar 2022 23:50:20 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <ihse at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> A lot (but not all) of the data in make/data is tied to a specific module. For instance, the publicsuffixlist is used by java.base, and fontconfig by java.desktop. (A few directories, like mainmanifest, is *actually* used by make for the whole build.) 
>> 
>> These data files should move to the module they belong to. The are, after all, "source code" for that module that is "compiler" into resulting deliverables, for that module. (But the "source code" language is not Java or C, but typically a highly domain specific language or data format, and the "compilation" is, often, a specialized transformation.) 
>> 
>> This misplacement of the data directory is most visible at code review time. When such data is changed, most of the time build-dev (or the new build label) is involved, even though this has nothing to do with the build. While this is annoying, a worse problem is if the actual team that needs to review the patch (i.e., the team owning the module) is missed in the review.
>> 
>> ### Modules reviewed
>> 
>> - [x] java.base
>> - [x] java.desktop
>> - [x] jdk.compiler
>> - [x] java.se
>
> Magnus Ihse Bursie has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 12 commits:
> 
>  - Merge branch 'master' into shuffle-data-reborn
>  - Fix merge
>  - Merge tag 'jdk-19+13' into shuffle-data-reborn
>    
>    Added tag jdk-19+13 for changeset 5df2a057
>  - Move characterdata templates to share/classes/java/lang.
>  - Update comment refering to "make" dir
>  - Move new symbols to jdk.compiler
>  - Merge branch 'master' into shuffle-data
>  - Move macosxicons from share to macosx
>  - Move to share/data, and move jdwp.spec to java.se
>  - Update references in test
>  - ... and 2 more: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/compare/83d77186...598f740f

How are folks reviewing this huge PR ?
My browser paints a few files and that's it, and the drop down list to "jump to" is too big to display - it says !

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1611



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