On Wed, 3 Jan 2024 23:30:41 GMT, Justin Lu <j...@openjdk.org> wrote:

> Please review this PR which splits up the _LocaleProvidersRun_ test file for 
> performance and maintenance reasons.
> 
> _LocaleProvidersRun_ which tests against the various Locale Providers (CLDR, 
> HOST, SPI, etc.) was getting rather long, as all related bugs were added to 
> the single test file. To improve maintainability, this change splits up the 
> single test file into separate test files focused on specific areas (ex: 
> _j.text.Format_).  The original _LocaleProvidersRun_ test file remains and is 
> used for more general Locale Provider testing such as the adapter loading.
> 
> In addition, the previously single test file used to suffer from performance 
> issues, as each test method had to launch a new JVM (since Locale Providers 
> are set at Java startup time). With this change, these tests files can be ran 
> with VM flags and not cause timeout, thus `@requires vm.flagless` is no 
> longer needed (Tiers 6-8 tested).
> 
> Other updates
> - For OS/locale specific tests, the OS/locale is now checked before (not 
> after) launching a JVM
> - For tests that are meant to be tested against specific locales, additional 
> run invocations were added with the appropiate locale to guarantee a run (ex: 
> `@run junit/othervm -Duser.language=en -Duser.country=GB`)
> - Added comments for each test method

Great to see this refactoring! Much cleaner now.

test/jdk/java/util/Locale/LocaleProvidersFormat.java line 30:

> 28:  * @library /test/lib
> 29:  * @build LocaleProviders
> 30:  *        providersrc.spi.src.tznp8013086

Although it is not needed in this test, I would list `tznp` to be built here, 
as the provider's meta-info includes both classes for completeness. Applies to 
`LocaleProvidersTimeZone` test too.

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PR Review: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17257#pullrequestreview-1804804618
PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/17257#discussion_r1442145501

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