[8u-dev] Request for Approval: Backport of JDK-8202088, JDK-8207152, JDK-8211398, JDK-8180469, JDK-8206120, JDK-8218915, JDK-8217710

[Deepak Kejriwal]

Hi All,

 

Please approve the backport of following bugs to 8u-dev.

 

JDK-8202088 : Japanese new era implementation

JDK-8207152 : Placeholder for Japanese new era should be two characters

JDK-8211398 : Square character support for the Japanese new era

JDK-8180469 : Wrong short form text for supplemental Japanese era

JDK-8206120 : Add test cases for lenient Japanese era parsing

JDK-8218915 : Change isJavaIdentifierStart and isJavaIdentifierPart to handle new code points

JDK-8217710 : Add 5 currency code points to Java SE 8uX

 

JDK Review Thread: https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2019-February/058595.html

 

All the related testing is done and is a pass.

 

Regards,

Deepak