Re: jtreg for openjdk-8 in ELTS

Hi!

On 02/11/2023 21:24, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Hi ELTS people (mostly pochu, I guess),
> 
> for openjdk-8 tests, Vladimir tells me we “really” want jtreg5.
> 
> If it is possible to add a jtreg5 package to jessie and stretch
> even if it exists nowhere else, perhaps with vendored dependencies
> where applicable like it is done for jtreg7 in stable now, we can
> use that.

I had started to look at backporting jtreg6, without vendored dependencies. That 
was a bit painful due to the need of upgrading other packages, which had rdeps. 
Using vendored deps in this case sounds like a good solution. Not sure whether 
it will be easier for jtreg5.

> Vladimir would be able to tell you which dependencies would need
> to be included, and at which versions, or maybe even help with
> the package.

Any help would be appreciated!

> libasmtools-java is also needed for fuller coverage but can probably
> be easily backported.

Yeah, since it's is a new package there shouldn't be many issues with 
introducing that, as it's got no rdeps.

Cheers,
Emilio