[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] Still waiting for review

[Martin von Gagern]

Mark Wielaard wrote:
> Martin, if you like we can use IcedTea http://icedtea.classpath.org/ as
> staging area for these fixes. That is what I do after testing. The above
> two fixes are already in IcedTea6 for a couple of months since I know
> other users are seeing the same bugs. That way things are at least
> picked up in a timely manner for the various GNU/Linux distros out
> there. http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea6

Hi Mark!

Looking at the IcedTea FAQs I read "It is not a fork of the OpenJDK, and
doesn't contain the OpenJDK source code". So I'm a bit surprised about
the suggestion. Looking at the repository, I see a collection of
patches, which seems to be the place you had in mind.

While I like the idea of making my chnges available to distros even
before they have been officially accepted into OpenJDK, it feels a bit
like a misuse of the IcedTea project. A community-driven experimental
fork would be more suitable to stage such patches imho.

As acceptance into OpenJDK still is my primary goal, and as Igor's mail
indicates light at the end of the tunnel in that direction, I'm inclined
to rather wait for the review than invest additional effort into pushing
those patches into yet another project.

Still thanks for the suggestion, I'll keep it in mind and get back to
that if things don't work out here.

Greetings,
 Martin

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