[aarch64-port-dev ] jdk8u vs aarch64-port

[Andrew Dinn]

On 16/04/14 09:22, Emmanuel Bourg wrote:
> Java 8u5 has just been released but it seems the changes haven't been
> merged in the aarch64-port forest yet. I wondered if you planned to
> follow closely the main releases and keep the trees in sync, or if this
> will be performed infrequently?

I don't think we are going to commit to keeping them in close sync just
now. Since no one is using AArch64 in production or, as yet, development
there is no great pressure to do so and I think  would rather have the
option to do this at a leisurely pace and concentrate on other priorities.

> I'm asking because I'm preparing the OpenJDK 8 package for Debian and so
> far we bundled the aarch64 port along the main codebase. If the aarch64
> port is likely to always lag behind we have to organize the package
> accordingly.

So, decoupling the two sound slike a good plan.

> Another question, is the aarch64 port likely to be merged in the main
> codebase during the JDK8 lifecycle, or will this only happen in JDK9?

We can only upstream the port into a development release (putting new
functionality into dev releases first is an OpenJDK policy). Andrew
Haley has just proposed our port for inclusion in JDK9 on the
hotspot-dev list:

  http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/hotspot-dev/2014-April/013527.html

So, yes we hope to get the port upstream for JDK9 but we are still
waiting for a plan to be formulated.

regards,


Andrew Dinn
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