[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] Still waiting for review

[Martin von Gagern]

Hi Igor,

thanks for your status update.

Igor Nekrestyanov wrote:
> My understanding of current situation with Martin's fixes is the following:
>  - for 2 of Martin's fixes internal formal review procedure is in progress
>    (we do review all changes and save approved webrevs and this is
>    another reason why we ask for webrevs for contributions)
>    Unfortunately this procedure is not public and therefore it is hard
>    to track it status. However, it should not take long.

A short mail saying "Hi, I'm <youNameHere>, I'll now start to review
this and get back to you when I have questions or reached a verdict"
would be a first step towards tracking that state, until more elaborate
tracking tools and mechanisms become available.

>  - one of the suggested fixes actually introduces incompatibility in the
>    behavior
>    and such change has to be reviewed by CCC committee (this is how we
>    call it internally,
>    not sure what will be public name when it become public process)
>    [My understanding of incompatibility is: metadata written by "fixed"
>    jdk will not be parsed normally by older jdk]

Thanks, I'll look at this again, see if I have improvements or
additional information to add regarding this. If so, I'll use the
appropriate thread.

>   Andrew Brygin (who actually works on these 3 submissions) will provide
> more accurate details about these 3 bugs later today.

Great! Looking forward to that.

Martin

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