perm removal project integration - hsx repos will be restricted

[John Coomes]

Coleen Phillimore (coleen.phillimore at oracle.com) wrote:
> On 9/1/2012 6:21 PM, Coleen Phillimore wrote:
> > On 9/1/2012 2:35 AM, John Coomes wrote:
> >> 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
> >>> ...
> >>> 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*.
> 
> Status:  nightly testing went pretty well.   Some new bugs were filed 
> and the ones affecting multiple tests will be fixed in hotspot-gc by 
> us.    Except for these few fixes, *all* of the repositories remain 
> *locked*.

Several fixes have been pushed to hotspot-gc, but we are still seeing
more failures than we are comfortable with.  So we are not going to
push the perm removal changes to hotspot-main yet; we will reevaluate
early next week.

The hsx/hotspot-gc repo is open *only for fixes related to the perm
removal integration*.  The other hsx repos remain locked.

-John

> >>> 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
> >
>