[aarch64-port-dev ] Pending AArch64 patches for 8u and 11u

[Andrew Haley]

On 3/11/19 3:09 PM, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
> On 3/11/19 4:04 PM, Andrew Haley wrote:
>> I'm thinking about what to do about backport approvals. For 11u
>> it's clear: add the label "jdk11u-fix-request" to the bug database
>> entry. For 8u it's not so clear because AArch64 is not in the 8u
>> mainline. We could just use the "jdk8u-fix-request" anyway, even
>> so. Thoughts?
> 
> That would be confusing, because backport tracking (either in JIRA
> or external) would look for the backports resolved in openjdk8u*,
> which is jdk8u/*, not aarch64-port.

OK. that makes sense.

> We have the same problem in Shenandoah 11u and 8u, and we "just"
> backport stuff into development versions without requesting
> backports via JDK Updates process. Because, in retrospect, these
> downstream repositories are not related to JDK Updates project at
> all.

Well, I'd disagree with that: they are related in the same way that A
is a child of B.

How about "jdk8u-aarch64-fix-request" etc. ?

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Andrew Haley
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