RFC: Backport upstream patch to fix Bug 477

[jon.vanalten at redhat.com]

----- "Dr Andrew John Hughes" <ahughes at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 23 July 2010 19:27,  <jon.vanalten at redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > ----- "Andrew Haley" <aph at redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On 07/23/2010 05:10 PM, jon.vanalten at redhat.com wrote:
> >> > Urp.  "hg add" helps.  Here is proper patch, with full contents.
> >> >
> >> > ----- "jon vanalten" <jon.vanalten at redhat.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Hello all,
> >> >>
> >> >> This patch eliminates a NPE in swing.  It has been accepted in
> >> >> upstream jdk7.  I'd like to add it to IcedTea6 while we wait for
> it
> >> to
> >> >> percolate down to an openjdk6 release.  OK to push?
> >>
> >> Looks good.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Andrew.
> >
> > Thanks Andrew.  Pushed to IcedTea6 HEAD
> http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea6/rev/6bf6ff2ad1ea
> >
> 
> Thanks for doing this.
> 
> There is no defined process 'for it to percolate down to an openjdk6
> release'.  You need to explictly request permission for the backport
> from Joe Darcy on the jdk6-dev list, as, in my experience, these
> things don't tend to happen automatically.


Of course.  :)  I was thinking of allowing it a bit more steep time in 7 first.

jon