So you want to be a future JDK 8u contributor...

[Andrew Hughes]

On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 at 17:27, Simone Bordet <simone.bordet at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Tue, Nov 13, 2018 at 6:12 PM Andrew Haley <aph at redhat.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 11/13/18 11:18 AM, Simone Bordet wrote:
> > > We have already got requests as to whether we will continue to keep
> > > jetty-alpn up to date with future JDK 8 releases
> > > (https://github.com/eclipse/jetty.project/issues/3100).
> > > Where is the right place (if it has already been decided) to be
> > > notified of an officially tagged OpenJDK 8u release after January
> > > 2019?
> >
> > On the 8u-dev list, I expect. Perhaps on the announce list too?
>
> I don't see any email about 8u191 / 8u192 on 8u-dev and neither on announce.
> I assume it was not and currently is not practice to announce JDK 8
> releases there, but will be in the future?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Simone Bordet
> ---
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> to deliver bug-free software with optimal performance and reliability,
> the implementation technique must be flawless.   Victoria Livschitz

I don't think Oracle have ever formally announced OpenJDK updates for
8u and below.

We have, however, being doing this with OpenJDK 6 & 7 under Andrew Haley's
leadership e.g.

https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk7u-dev/2018-November/010852.html
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