[jdk16u] Are we ignoring jdk16u-fix-* protocol?

[Aleksey Shipilev]

On 2/15/21 12:20 PM, Aleksey Shipilev wrote:
> I have a process question about 16u (and maybe Skara).
> 
> Look here:
>     JDK 17:     https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8198540
>     JDK 16.0.1: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8261691
> 
> This is backport PR:
>     https://github.com/openjdk/jdk16u/pull/26
> 
> I see no mention of any of jdk16u-fix-* tags on the original issue. Is this is process bug, i.e.
> Skara allowing integration without maintainer approval? Or have I missed some announcement that
> maintainer's approval is not required for 16u anymore?

I went through all closed JDK 16u PRs, and it looks like only 3 issues have slipped without the 
explicit 16u maintainer approval. I think this is a process bug then, and Skara bots should not 
really allow to integrate without the maintainer approval.

*) Have no jdk16u-fix-* tags at all:
   8260380: Upgrade to LittleCMS 2.12
   8198540: Dynalink leaks memory when generating type converters

*) Have jdk16u-fix-request, but NOT jdk16u-fix-yes:
   8259628: jdk/net/ExtendedSocketOption/AsynchronousSocketChannelNAPITest.java fails intermittently

*) Have both jdk16u-fix-request AND jdk16u-fix-yes:
   8249867: xml declaration is not followed by a newline
   8260356: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2021a
   8260864: ProblemList two security/krb5 tests on Linux
   8256421: Add 2 HARICA roots to cacerts truststore
   8259706: C2 compilation fails with assert(vtable_index == Method::invalid_vtable_index) failed
   8259049: Uninitialized variable after JDK-8257513
   8257513: C2: assert((constant_addr - _masm.code()->consts()->start()) == con.offset())
   8260338: Some fields in HaltNode is not cloned
   8259777: Incorrect predication condition generated by ADLC
   8259773: Incorrect encoding of AVX-512 kmovq instruction
   8259619: C1: 3-arg StubAssembler::call_RT stack-use condition is incorrect
   8259576: Misplaced curly brace in Matcher::find_shared_post_visit
   8260010: UTF8ZipCoder not thread-safe since JDK-8243469
   8258243: C2: assert failed ("Bad derived pointer") with -XX:+VerifyRegisterAllocator
   8258946: Fix optimization-unstable code involving signed integer overflow
   8260009: InstanceKlass::has_as_permitted_subclass() fails if subclass was redefined
   7146776: deadlock between URLStreamHandler.getHostAddress and file.Handler.openconnection
   8258909: update jdk16u jcheck conf
   8253368: TLS connection always receives close_notify exception
   8258471: "search codecache" clhsdb command does not work
   8226810: Failed to launch JVM because of NullPointerException occured on System.props
   8259048: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2020f


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Thanks,
-Aleksey