bsd-port repo organization

[Harald Eilertsen]

On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 10:59:25AM +1000, David Holmes wrote:
> On 27/08/2025 8:01 pm, Harald Eilertsen wrote:
> > The repo is set up so that the master branch automatically track the
> > openjdk/jdk repo master branch, and from what I gather, the normal
> > openjdk workflow for integrating merge requests into the master branch
> > apply. I.e. merge requests in the bsd-repo will be integrated into the
> > mainline jdk branch.
>
> That doesn't sound right to me. You merge your project master branch with
> mainline jdk master but not the other way around. Any changes for JDK master
> need to be done via PR on the mainline JDK repo.

Thanks for clarifying, my misunderstadning.

> > I'm not sure how important the JEP is if we add changes gradually, but
> > I'm thinking it won't hurt.
>
> If there is a JEP for the port (as there should be) then you can't integrate
> anything* until the JEP has been targeted to a particular release.

That makes sense. Does that mean the entire change set will be merged at
once, or do you still want smaller, self-contained changes?

Take care!
Harald