CSRs and OpenJDK (11.0.3) Updates

[Langer, Christoph]

Hi,

in the sense below I have linked CSR JDK-8215884 to the 11.0.3 backport issue JDK-8219240.

Best regards
Christoph

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Holmes <david.holmes at oracle.com>
> Sent: Dienstag, 19. Februar 2019 09:11
> To: Langer, Christoph <christoph.langer at sap.com>; jdk-updates-
> dev at openjdk.java.net; Andrew Haley <aph at redhat.com>
> Subject: Re: CSRs and OpenJDK (11.0.3) Updates
> 
> 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
> -----
> 
> > 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
> >