Initial OpenJDK 6 code on the way

Geir Magnusson Jr. geir at pobox.com
Mon Feb 11 22:32:21 UTC 2008


Hi David!

Just curious... why didn't you start there, modulo the holes due to  
encumbered code?

geir

On Feb 11, 2008, at 5:18 PM, David Herron wrote:

> Hi Geir,
>
> OpenJDK 6 != OpenJDK
>
> OpenJDK 6 began from OpenJDK b20 and undid some changes with the  
> goal of getting it to a point where it passes JCK6a.  We aren't  
> quite there yet, and that's still the goal.
>
> - David Herron
>
>
>
> Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote:
>> as someone not following the project too closely, what does that  
>> mean?
>>
>> Isn't the code already available?
>>
>> geir
>>
>> On Feb 11, 2008, at 2:53 PM, Joseph D. Darcy wrote:
>>
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> FYI, Sun plans to release the first source drop for OpenJDK 6  
>>> later this week:
>>>
>>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk6-dev/2008-February/000001.html
>>>
>>> -Joe
>>
>




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