The reason is to use the same name as is currently used in the jdk, hotspot, nashorn and jaxp makefiles. Having a common name makes it much easier for outside tools to find the file.
> On 10 Oct 2016, at 19:31, Jonathan Gibbons <jonathan.gibb...@oracle.com> > wrote: > > Is there a compelling reason to use .txt as the extension, instead of > something more conventional, like .log? > > -- Jon > > On 10/10/2016 04:35 AM, Marcus Larsson wrote: >> Thanks Staffan! >> >> >> On 10/10/2016 01:30 PM, Staffan Larsen wrote: >>> Looks good! >>> >>> Thanks, >>> /Staffan >>> >>>> On 10 Oct 2016, at 12:46, Marcus Larsson <marcus.lars...@oracle.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Please review the following small patch to make the output from jtreg for >>>> langtools testing through make to be saved in output.txt, just like in >>>> other repos. >>>> >>>> Webrev: >>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mlarsson/8167354/webrev.00 >>>> >>>> Issue: >>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8167354 >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Marcus >> >
