Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/master' into debugger

gradle/root/svg.gradle

@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ task rasterizeSvg(type: JavaExec) {
 		// added these in the individual projects which use this task (eg: to the 'compile' 
 		// configuration) but since this is the only task which requires them, it seemed 
 		// appropriate to just add them here.
-		def BIN_REPO = rootProject.file(BIN_REPO_PATH).toString()
 		classpath = files (	BIN_REPO + "/ExternalLibraries/libsforBuild/batik-all-1.7.jar",
 							BIN_REPO + "/ExternalLibraries/libsforBuild/xml-apis-ext.jar")					
 					

gradle/root/test.gradle

@@ -345,10 +345,13 @@ def initTestJVM(Task task, String rootDirName) {
 			'-Duser.country=US',
 			'-Duser.language=en',
 			'-Djdk.attach.allowAttachSelf',
-			'-javaagent:' + jmockitPath,			
-			'-DLock.DEBUG=true',
+			'-javaagent:' + jmockitPath,
+			'-noverify',
+			'-XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1',
 			'-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=' + debugPort
 			
+			// Note: this args are used to speed-up the tests, but are not safe for production code
+			// -noverify and -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1			
 			
 			// Note: modern remote debug invocation;
 			// 	-agentlib:jdwp=transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=n,address=8000