11u: Fix request process & Where to push?

[Severin Gehwolf]

Hi,

On Wed, 2019-03-06 at 23:14 +0000, Langer, Christoph wrote:
> Hi Man,
> 
> you have been heard, please look at 
> https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/JDKUpdates/JDK11u :)
> 
> @aph, gnu.andrew, Goetz, Aleksey: I have added/updated information
> about the 11u processes and timelines to the Wiki. Please review and
> feel free to correct and update me in the Wiki, be it in
> spelling/syntax or in content.

Incidentally, I've been working on a more general guidance doc for JDK
backports. You can see it here:
http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~sgehwolf/upstream-backports-doc.txt

Perhaps something like this should go to the updates wiki, but not sure
where. Any suggestions? Would this be useful?

Thanks,
Severin

> Thanks & Best regards
> Christoph
> 
> From: Man Cao <manc at google.com>
> Sent: Freitag, 1. März 2019 21:30
> To: jdk-updates-dev at openjdk.java.net
> Cc: Langer, Christoph <christoph.langer at sap.com>
> Subject: Re: 11u: Fix request process & Where to push?
> 
> I think it is better to spell out this push policy on one of the
> documentation sites, e.g.:
> https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/JDKUpdates/JDK11u
> https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk-updates/
> 
> New contributors (like me) may not be subscribed to jdk-updates-dev@
> when these kinds of announcement for policy change were made.
> Also given that there is no jdk8u-dev or jdk12u-dev, the distinction
> in 11u's policy is worth being listed at more obvious places.
> 
> -Man
> 
> 
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 12:34 AM Langer, Christoph <
> christoph.langer at sap.com<mailto:christoph.langer at sap.com>> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> The topic has been discussed in several threads but I feel the need
> for some explicit communication:
> 
> Changes that get approved (via the jdk11u-fix-yes label) have to be
> pushed to the jdk11u-dev repository: 
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk-updates/jdk11u-dev/. At the moment,
> those will reach OpenJDK 11.0.4. Do not push to jdk11u !!
> 
> If you think a fix should still reach 11.0.3, the exceptional process
> would be that you explicitly state in the "Fix Request" comment that
> you request the fix to be in 11.0.3 and provide some reasoning for
> that. The approver will then decide and give the according
> directions.
> 
> Thank you!
> Christoph