Update 4

We tried very hard to split out corba, jaxp, and jaxws in Build 21 but didn't make it, however they just now got integrated into Build 22. This splits out an additional 6,000 files or so from the primary j2se workspace. This would not have been accomplished at all without the dedicated hard work of Seema, thank you Seema.

So with Build 22 we will now have:

• control
  Primary control build make files. Builds a complete or partial set of the components listed below.
• langtools
  Independently buildable javac, javah, javap, javadoc, and apt sources. Uses a Makefile over an ant build script. Contains NetBeans projects and tests.
• corba
  Independently buildable corba sources. Currently uses Makefiles only, which will change in the future. Requires a BOOTDIR jdk and optionally the langtools bootstrap tools.
• jaxp
  Independently buildable jaxp sources. Uses a Makefile over an ant build script. Requires a BOOTDIR jdk and optionally the langtools bootstrap tools.
• jaxws
  Independently buildable jaxws sources. Uses a Makefile over an ant build script. Requires a BOOTDIR jdk and optionally the langtools bootstrap tools.
• hotspot
  Independently buildable hotspot sources, mostly native code but some Java code. It does need access to a BOOTDIR javac during a build.
• j2se
  Independently buildable jdk, with access to a JDK_IMPORT_PATH. Requires a BOOTDIR jdk and optionally the langtools bootstrap tools. You can point it at the dist areas of langtools, corba, jaxp, and jaxws, for these classes, or it will pull the classes out of the JDK_IMPORT_PATH rt.jar and tools.jar.

The langtools component is built with the BOOTDIR jdk and creates the jdk contribution files (dist/lib/classes.jar and dist/lib/src.zip) for the resulting jdk image being built, plus bootstrap tools that can be run with the BOOTDIR jdk for building the complete jdk with the latest class versions etc.

The corba, jaxp, and jaxws components are given a BOOTDIR jdk to build with (and optionally the langtools bootstrap files when doing a full control build). All the components create contribution files (dist/lib/classes.jar and dist/lib/src.zip). Corba also contributes some special jdk image files (dist/bin.zip).

Build 22 continues to be our target for the last JDK7 promotion built via the TeamWare workspaces, the Build after this one would be done via Mercurial repositories. There is some risk to this target, and it's possible it might slip, but it continues to be out target, and the momentum is building up.

There will still be a few SCCS keywords in the Mercurial sources at first, but these should be harmless. We'll continue to clean up the source as we go.

-kto