OpenJDK 7u91 and IcedTea

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> According to https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/projects/JDK/versions/17303
> OpenJDK 7u91 is expected to be released by 2015-10-19.
> 

Hmmm... going by this, the next CPU is not unembargoed until the 20th:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alerts-086861.html

> Will that be integrated into IcedTea 2.6.2? Is there any expectations
> on how long it should take for the 2.6.2 release?

As with u85, we'll add the backported security patches to create
OpenJDK 7 u91, then integrate this into IcedTea 2.6.2 for release.
This will happen as close to unembargo as possible.

> 
> How can I help? =)

There's not much you can do with the security stuff, but you could
certainly test pre-releases of 2.6.2. I intend to make sure everything
else is ready upstream today by backporting the fixes that have been
soaking in HEAD/2.7. If you're interested, I can ping you when
we tag 2.6.2pre02. The final 2.6.2 release will be this plus the
security changes from u91.

> 
> Best regards,
> Tiago
> 
> --
> Tiago Stürmer Daitx
> Software Engineer
> tiago.daitx at canonical.com
> 

Thanks,
-- 
Andrew :)

Senior Free Java Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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