CSRs and OpenJDK (11.0.3) Updates

[David Holmes]

On 19/02/2019 6:08 pm, Langer, Christoph wrote:
> Hi David,
> 
>> First, the CSR Group doesn't consist only of Oracle people - Doug Lea is
>> also a member.
> 
> Ok, ok, I shot out of my hip ��

:)

>> Second, it's unusual to "backport" a CSR request, but may be needed if
>> the backported fix has different compatibility concerns on the backport
>> version than the main version. IMHO the backport of the CSR for
>> 11.0.3-oracle applies exactly the same to 11.0.3 as it does to
>> 11.0.3-oracle and I would think it a waste of everyone's time to create
>> a third backport for 11.0.3. But that is for the 11u maintainers to decide.
> 
> So, do you say, it's not a requirement to downport CSRs but sometimes done on the updates maintainers request at their discretion? I was under the impression that CSR downports are mandatory. Maybe there's some lack in process documentation here?

If the compatibility concerns of the backport are different to the 
original then it warrants its own CSR (lets not call it a backport-CSR).

Cheers,
David
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> Other than that, I fully agree that it should suffice for OpenJDK update downports to refer to Oracle CSR backports for the same update releases.
> 
> Thanks
> Christoph
>