[gnu.andrew at redhat.com: Re: OpenJDK 8u and Backport Bugs]

[Andrew Hughes]

On 17:39 Thu 17 Dec     , Lindenmaier, Goetz wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> While I am currently fine with the process, I see some of the points
> that were made here.
> 
> But the whole downport process will feel a lot different and change 
> slightly with the move to github.  We really should only change the 
> process once we are all familiar with the new workflows. 
> One thing that improves is that the downport issues opened 
> automatically will contain as assignee the person that did the 
> downport.
> 
> Thus I would rather vote for driving the change to github, than
> discussing changes that might be pointless after the move.
> 
> Anyways, on my side, the overheads are not on the reporting side.
> I would like to see the review and approval process slimmed
> down.  I was kept busy monitoring changes for review and approval, 
> coordinating it with testing and keeping the changes in proper
> order instead of discussing potential problems of the changes.
> But I don't want to raise this before we are in github.
> 
> Just my 5 ct ��
> 
> Best, 
>   Goetz.
> 

There is no plan to move 8u development to github.

As we have already discussed, it shouldn't be something we consider
for 11u until it is clear that it is workable for a long-term support
release that needs to do bulk pushes of quarterly security updates.
At this point, there hasn't even been a release from a git-maintained
tree.

It is honestly getting a little tiresome to have it raised in
otherwise unrelated discussions as if it is the solution to every
problem. It also rather undermines the idea that 8u & 11u should
follow the same process, if it is being suggested that 11u move to a
different version control system.

Thanks,
-- 
Andrew :)

Senior Free Java Software Engineer
OpenJDK Package Owner
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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