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

[Andrew Hughes]

On Wed, 14 Nov 2018 at 17:03, Simone Bordet <simone.bordet at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Nov 14, 2018 at 5:26 PM Andrew Hughes <gnu.andrew at redhat.com> wrote:
> > 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
>
> Interesting. I guess the same will happen for 8u once Andrew Haley
> takes over in January.
>
> Fundamentally, I just wanted to raise the need for tagged 8u releases
> to be announced somewhere, so people can take actions.
> If subscribing to jdk8u-dev is the way to go, great.
>
> 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

That's certainly my plan if I end up doing the releases for 8u as well :)
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