RFR: 8309330: Allow java.security to be extended via a properties directory [v2]

[Andrew John Hughes]

On Thu, 24 Aug 2023 01:27:55 GMT, Martin Balao <mbalao at openjdk.org> wrote:

> As commented here [1], @franferrax and I have been working on a different approach to this problem. We suggest to put this PR on hold until we have our proposal ready to compare and discuss further.
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> -- [1] - https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8309331?focusedCommentId=14606264&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels%3Acomment-tabpanel#comment-14606264

This doesn't seem to address the same problem. This PR & CSR are aimed at extending the existing functionality of `java.security.properties` with permanent configuration and the option of multiple files, while also allowing these configuration snippets to be maintained separately outside a single JDK.  What you seem to be suggesting involves adding a meta-property to the property file to instruct it to be replaced with another file and would require multiple such instructions for each file. One of the benefits of this proposal is the directory can be setup once in the `java.security` file and then future maintenance can take place on the referenced directory for all JDKs.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/14277#issuecomment-1698259042