Doubles with large exponents overflow to Infinity incorrectly (Re: Intent to work on 8043740)

[Brian Burkhalter]

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Hi Sandipan,

Per the contribution page information I sent earlier, I can sponsor the patch and assign the issue to myself and mark it as “in progress” while you are working on it.

Information on obtaining a JDK Bug System (JBS) account is at https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/general/JBS+Overview so you can review that yourself.

As I now see that you have an OCA on file already, my prior comment on that topic is irrelevant.

Thanks,

Brian

On May 28, 2014, at 9:56 AM, Sandipan Razzaque <me at sandipan.net> wrote:

> Thanks Brian -
> 
> My concern is that, despite the unassigned status, someone just like
> me could be working on it. Since I don't have a Jira login I cannot
> update the status to communicate this to others.
> 
> Cheers,
> SR
> Sandipan Razzaque | www.sandipan.net
> 
> 
> On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:36 AM, Brian Burkhalter
> <brian.burkhalter at oracle.com> wrote:
>> 
>> On May 28, 2014, at 5:33 AM, Sandipan Razzaque <me at sandipan.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> Ready to contribute another patch - I intend to try and fix the following:
>>> 
>>> https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8043740
>>> 
>>> Any thoughts/objections and/or is anyone already working on it?
>> 
>> It is unassigned so I have to presume no one is working on it yet.
>> 
>> I don’t know your OpenJDK status but you will need to have submitted an OCA to submit a patch:
>> 
>> http://openjdk.java.net/contribute/
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Brian
>> 
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> SR
>>> 
>>> Sandipan Razzaque | www.sandipan.net
>>