[14]RFR(XS): 8236062: Disable clhsdb initialization of SA javascript support since it will always fail, and will likely be removed soon

[Alex Menkov]

LGTM

--alex

On 12/16/2019 21:36, Chris Plummer wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Please review the following:
> 
> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8236062
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~cjplummer/8236062/webrev.00/
> 
> Since SA javascript support is broken as described in [1] JDK-8235594, 
> and we'll likely remove it, I'd like to at least get it disabled now. 
> I'd like to get this into 14 mostly because I really want to get [2] 
> JDK-8234048 fixed in 14 because we'll start seeing the clhsdb test 
> failures on macos 10.14 and 10.15 more often over the coming months as 
> we deploy more macosx test hosts with those versions. However, [2] 
> JDK-8234048 is blocked by [3] JDK-8234277 (which improves error checking 
> and failure output for the clhsdb tests), and [3] JDK-8234277 is blocked 
> by this CR because the exceptions produced when javascript fails to 
> initialize end up cluttering the clhsdb test logs, even when the test 
> passes (and is misleading when the test fails).
> 
> Sorry about all the bug references and inter-dependencies. It's taken a 
> while myself to get my head wrapped around how I wanted to approach 
> fixing them all in a meaningful order.
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Chris
> 
> [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8235594
> [2] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8234048
> [3] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8234277