<Swing Dev> [9] Review request for 8156128: Tests for [AWT/Swing] Conditional support for GTK 3 on Linux

[Yuri Nesterenko]

Hi Semyon,

On 05/10/2016 12:14 PM, Semyon Sadetsky wrote:
> Hi Yuri,
>
> When GTK3 is available but GTK2 not, what result do you expect from
> running the DemandGTK2.sh?
>
> Since it sets  jdk.gtk.version to 2 it will never be successful without
> GTK2.
> If it is aimed to test the automatic GTK3 failover the jdk.gtk.version
> preference should not be set.
I didn't understand this reading your discussion about "fail forward".
If so, could you please explain it in the
https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8156121
and close it as "Won't fix"?
This peculiar scenario perhaps should not be described
in a specification but in case there will be questions, there
would be the answer.

Thank you,
-yan

>
> --Semyon
>
>
> On 5/5/2016 5:23 PM, Yuri Nesterenko wrote:
>> Colleagues,
>>
>> could you please review the tests for the new jdk.gtk.version property?
>>
>> Webrev is http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~yan/8156128/webrev.00/
>> CR is https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8156128
>>
>> A couple of interesting scenarios would require some system preparation
>> (read: hacks) and are not intended for the regular use.
>> See https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8156121 filed
>> after one of such special runs.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -yan
>