On Thu, 3 Dec 2020 23:44:20 GMT, Magnus Ihse Bursie <i...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> A lot (but not all) of the data in make/data is tied to a specific module. > For instance, the publicsuffixlist is used by java.base, and fontconfig by > java.desktop. (A few directories, like mainmanifest, is *actually* used by > make for the whole build.) > > These data files should move to the module they belong to. The are, after > all, "source code" for that module that is "compiler" into resulting > deliverables, for that module. (But the "source code" language is not Java or > C, but typically a highly domain specific language or data format, and the > "compilation" is, often, a specialized transformation.) > > This misplacement of the data directory is most visible at code review time. > When such data is changed, most of the time build-dev (or the new build > label) is involved, even though this has nothing to do with the build. While > this is annoying, a worse problem is if the actual team that needs to review > the patch (i.e., the team owning the module) is missed in the review. > > ### Modules reviewed > > - [x] java.base > - [x] java.desktop > - [x] jdk.compiler > - [x] java.se This pull request has been closed without being integrated. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/1611
