[aarch64-port-dev ] hg: aarch64-port/jdk8u/hotspot: 8157306: Random infrequent null pointer exceptions in javac

[Andrew Haley]

On 10/08/16 17:02, Andrew Hughes wrote:
> We are. So far I've stuck to just importing the current upstream release
> from 8u (currently 8u102 waiting for review [0]). We could widen that to
> cherry-pick certain fixes from 8u that we believe are critical enough to
> not wait until they are included in the upstream release.

The problem is the way that Hg is working for us.  In an ideal world
we'd import all this stuff immediately to the trunk and keep a
separate non-divergent release branch.

> The Red Hat packages currently include the following fixes from future
> releases:

I'd rather not import anything than to diverge as much as that.  It's too
much to cope with.  I think I can justify the critical AArch64 crasher fix
in the aarch64-port tree; but the decision not to #ifdef AARCH64 was fairly
marginal.

Andrew.