Proposal: Branch github.com/openjdk/jdk for stabilization (instead of fork)

[Langer, Christoph]

Hi,

yes, I agree, it seems like a good approach that has its benefits. Let's try it with the master versions first and then see whether it's also something we should adopt for the update releases.

Best regards
Christoph

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jdk-updates-dev <jdk-updates-dev-retn at openjdk.org> On Behalf Of
> Severin Gehwolf
> Sent: Donnerstag, 21. März 2024 12:07
> To: Volker Simonis <volker.simonis at gmail.com>; Iris Clark
> <iris.clark at oracle.com>
> Cc: jdk-dev <jdk-dev at openjdk.java.net>; jdk-updates-dev at openjdk.org
> Subject: Re: Proposal: Branch github.com/openjdk/jdk for stabilization (instead
> of fork)
> 
> On Thu, 2024-03-21 at 11:42 +0100, Volker Simonis wrote:
> > This proposal sounds interesting and reasonable.It would be especially
> > beneficial if the JDK Updates Project (added to CC) would adopt this
> > new model.
> 
> We can consider it for jdk-updates at a later point. I don't think it's good to
> conflate those two at this point. Lets get mainline JDK development switched,
> first. See how it pans out for mainline and corresponding downstream
> consumers.
> 
> Once we have that experience, we could model it for jdk-updates further down
> the line.
> 
> Thanks,
> Severin