Preserving changeset authorship (was Re: PING: [PATCH] Enable debug info on all libraries for OpenJDK builds)

[David Holmes]

On 11/05/2013 2:53 AM, Andrew Hughes wrote:
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> I have offered a very simple solution to that problem to which no-one has yet
> given any reason as to why we should not implemented it; simply add a HotSpot tree
> where pushes can be made prior to JPRT runs, then perform the JPRT runs on the commits
> in that tree before merging to the main HotSpot tree.  Problem solved.

You need one of these repos for each of the hotspot group repos, 
otherwise the changesets won't be correct. You also need an Oracle 
employee to then push the change through JPRT - and that would be a lot 
more effort than the existing processes as "we" would need to clone the 
external repo first, re-parent the clone to the group repo, re-sync from 
parent if needed, then do JPRT submit. Plus you need someone to update 
these repos each time the "parent" gets updated.

So a simple enough idea, but the logistics are more complex.

David