perm removal project integration - hsx repos will be restricted

[John Coomes]

John Coomes (John.Coomes at oracle.com) wrote:
> The project to remove the permanent generation will be integrating
> into hsx this weekend or early next week.  It's a pervasive change and
> merges have been notoriously difficult, so to help ease the
> integration, we will be restricting changes to the hsx repositories
> (e.g., hsx/hotspot-main, hsx/hotspot-comp, hsx/hotspot-gc, etc.)
> starting today for about a week.
> 
> ...
> Here's the full timetable (all times Pacific):
> 
> Thu, Aug 30 (today):   hotspot-rt is already locked, since it was
> ...
> Fri, Aug 31, pm:       the last hs24 snapshot of hotspot-main
> 		       (hs24-b22) will be taken and submitted for
> 		       pre-integration testing.  The HotSpot version
> 		       will be set to 25 in hotspot-main and then
> 		       hotspot-main will be pulled down into all group
> 		       repos.
> 
> At this point, all the hsx repos will be identical, and *locked*
> except for perm removal changes.

Status:  so far, so good.  All the hsx repos are identical and are
locked except for perm removal changes, and SQE is ready to test them.

-John

> Sat, Sep 1:            the perm removal project will do their
>                        final merge and testing before integrating into
>                        hsx/hotspot-gc.  Ideally it will be finished on
>                        Saturday, but it may take longer.  The hsx
>                        repos remain *locked*.
> 
> Sat, Sep 1 pm, through
> Wed, Sep 4 am:         the perm removal changes will undergo nightly
>                        testing.  we will have SQE target all nightly
> 		       testing on the perm removal changes (i.e., the
> 		       testing normally done on the hsx/hotspot-comp
> 		       repo will instead be done on the perm removal
> 		       changes; same for hotspot-rt, etc.).  If any
> 		       issues are found, bugs will be filed and
> 		       fixed as normal.  The hsx repos remain
> 		       *locked*.
> 
> Wed, Sep 5 (approx.):  assuming the nightly testing results look
>                        clean, the perm removal changes will be pushed
>                        up to hotspot-main and also pulled down into
>                        all the hsx group repos.  This date may shift
>                        depending upon the nightly testing results.
> 
> Thu, Sep 6 (approx.):  after the perm removal changes have reached all
>                        the hsx group repos, the hsx group repos are no
>                        longer locked.  However, *no* changes should be
>                        pushed to hotspot-main.
> 
> Fri, Sep 7:            a snapshot of hotspot-main (hs25-b01),
>                        containing only the perm removal changes, will
>                        be submitted for PIT
> 
> Sat, Sep 8:            the hsx repos are no longer restricted
> 
> -John