introduction and some questions

[Logan O'Sullivan Bruns]

Thanks for all the thoughtful replies. That all makes sense. I'll start
a thread on the kulla-dev list and see if it can be fixed in 10 and
maybe considered for a back port to 9 later.

  - logan

On Tue, 28 Feb 2017 18:32:59 +0000
Remi Forax <forax at univ-mlv.fr> wrote:

> And the patch can be backported from 10 to 9 in an update release if
> necessary. 
> 
> Remi 
> 
> On February 28, 2017 7:08:20 PM GMT+01:00, Jonathan Gibbons
> <jonathan.gibbons at oracle.com> wrote:
> >Although, as Ben noted, the rampdown process for 9 is already well
> >underway,
> >the repos for 10 are already open, so anything that may be too late
> >for 9
> >may be a candidate for 10.
> >
> >-- Jon
> >
> >On 02/28/2017 09:32 AM, Ben Evans wrote:  
> >> Hi Logan,
> >>
> >> Welcome to OpenJDK. One thing we recommend is that new developers
> >> coming from the community can contact the Adoption Group
> >> (http://openjdk.java.net/groups/adoption/), where we can provide
> >> more targetted help.
> >>
> >> In general, OpenJDK tends to be a bit more of an "earn your
> >> stripes" community than some others you may have participated in -
> >> and that's partly tied up with the release cycle of major versions.
> >>
> >> You've joined at a bit of an odd time, as the rampdown process for
> >> 9 is already well underway - so all the committers are very busy &
> >> there's not a lot of scope to get new changes in.
> >>
> >> However, I would still subscribe to kulla-dev (the group for
> >> jshell) and explain the bug & your patch there, and see if it can
> >> be classified as a bug of sufficient need to still make the
> >> initial SE 9 release (although, at a guess, I would say that's
> >> probably unlikely).
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Ben
> >>
> >>
> >> On Tue, Feb 28, 2017 at 11:35 AM, Logan O'Sullivan Bruns
> >> <logan at gedanken.org> wrote:  
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I just signed the OCA and had a couple of questions on how to
> >>> best  
> >get  
> >>> started. I'm a software engineer and have been working in the  
> >industry  
> >>> for a number of years. I currently work for LinkedIn. If you are
> >>> curious about the specifics or where else I've worked you can find
> >>> most of it here (still need to finish filling in all role  
> >descriptions  
> >>> at some point):
> >>>
> >>>    https://www.linkedin.com/in/loganbruns/
> >>>
> >>> I have a few areas of interest in the JDK but I also just want
> >>> to  
> >make  
> >>> more of an effort, in general, to contribute back to tools I use
> >>> and value. To this end I figured I'd start with some small bug
> >>> fixes.
> >>>
> >>> For a start I've noticed that jshell in jdk9 doesn't currently
> >>> work well within the shell mode of my beloved Emacs. A very minor
> >>> change  
> >to  
> >>> the terminal handling fixes this and I have a patch for the
> >>> change. (Which might the dwindling group of emacs lovers happy if
> >>> it is addressed before jdk9 goes out.)
> >>>
> >>> For other projects I might find a bug or enhancement
> >>> possibility. Fix and test it. File a bug mentioning that I also
> >>> have  
> >a  
> >>> suggested fix. Then create a pull request referencing the bug.
> >>>
> >>> In this case, I've signed the OCA but I don't see a way to create
> >>> a bug? There doesn't seem to be a way to create an account on the
> >>> bug database? Where would be the best place to start?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>>    logan  
>