New Project approved: JDK 6

[Joseph D. Darcy]

Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> On 25/01/2008, Joseph D. Darcy <Joe.Darcy at sun.com> wrote:
>> Dalibor Topic wrote:
>>> Andrew Haley wrote:
>>>> Mark Reinhold wrote:
>>>>> Per the interim governance guidelines for Projects [1] I'm pleased to
>>>>> announce the creation of the JDK 6 Project [2,3] following the Build
>>>>> Group's decision [4] to sponsor it.
>>>> How very splendid!  Good news, indeed.
>>> Yep, looking forward to see it developed out in the open.
>>>
>>> Joe, could you add a URL for the mercurial repository on the project's
>>> web page?
>> Hi Dalibor.
>>
>> I've sent out an email to the OpenJDK 6 dev list [1].  In summary, we
>> won't have Mercurial repositories immediately; I'm working on the
>> remaining Sun-internal processes to get the code out.  I'll add a link
>> to the source bundles and Mercurial repositories once they are available.
>>
>> -Joe
>>
>> [1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk6-dev/2008-January/000000.html
>>
> 
> I presume having this pass the JDK 6 TCK will require the Javascript
> hole (and any other API facing ones) to be filled.  Is the plan just
> to continue with the binary blobs 'solution' or is there an
> encumbrance removing hunk of code heading to a Mercurial repository
> near us soon?

The initial drop of 6-open will likely have the same set of binary plugs 
as currently in JDK 7.  Removing those remaining encumbered plugs 
remains a goal for both OpenJDK 6 and 7.

What is the Javascript hole you are referring to?

-Joe