perm removal project integration - hsx repos will be restricted

[John Coomes]

John Coomes (John.Coomes at oracle.com) wrote:
> 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.

We are getting much closer, but are not quite there yet; there are a
few nagging failures to resolve.  We expect to push the perm removal
changes up to hotspot-main by Friday, possibly earlier.

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

The above repo status still holds - perm removal fixes only for
another day or two.

-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
> > >
> >