RFR: 8313357: Revisit requiring SA tests on OSX to either run as root or use sudo

[Chris Plummer]

On Mon, 14 Aug 2023 01:12:54 GMT, David Holmes <dholmes at openjdk.org> wrote:

> I would not be worried about trying to deal with a user that changes the setting in that way. Test environments are expected to kept in a stable condition.

I think it is best to test for developer mode on each test run. The user might change it after a test run after seeing SkippedException, especially if they are aware that developer mode will address it. They may normally run with it disabled, but want it enabled when running SA tests.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/15238#issuecomment-1676772275