Contributing various small OpenJDK fixes: IKVM

[David Holmes]

On 22/07/2024 6:42 pm, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 22.07.24 01:11, David Holmes wrote:
>> But Jerome indicated he needs to target 8u. 
> 
> Missed this part. Still, I believe the 8u policy accepts fixes that make 
> platforms build; that includes new compiler toolchains, etc. Something 
> like a major rewrite of build system parts would likely be rejected, but 
> one-liners that fix up #include lines or lightly massage warnings would 
> likely be accepted.
> 
>> It would be impractical to propose fixes against mainline and then try 
>> to backport all the way to
>> 8u.
> Actually, this is pragmatic. Unless the fix is really 8u-specific, it 
> should be fixed in mainline, and then backported all the way to all 
> currently supported releases. Otherwise, the same issue would reappear 
> once Jerome moves past JDK 8.

And if that were to happen that would be tomorrow's problem IMO. I think 
it completely impractical, and unreasonable, to require this to be fixed 
in an environment they do not work (mainline) and filter it through all 
update releases until it makes its way back to 8u.

David
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> Thanks,
> -Aleksey
> 
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