Start of JDK17 Updates

[Langer, Christoph]

Great, thank you Rob for the confirmation.

Cheers
Christoph

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Mckenna <rob.mckenna at oracle.com>
> Sent: Dienstag, 13. Juli 2021 18:08
> To: Langer, Christoph <christoph.langer at sap.com>; jdk-updates-
> dev at openjdk.java.net
> Subject: Re: Start of JDK17 Updates
> 
> You can, and it will. The approvals should start very soon and have been held
> up for unrelated reasons.
> 
>     -Rob
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Langer, Christoph <christoph.langer at sap.com>
> Sent: Tuesday 13 July 2021 17:03
> To: jdk-updates-dev at openjdk.java.net; Robert Mckenna
> Subject: [External] : Start of JDK17 Updates
> 
> Hi (Rob?),
> 
> as JDK17 is in RDP1 at the moment and will soon enter RDP2, I'm getting
> more interested in backporting changes to 17u. More and more things are
> not allowed for jdk17 any longer but still are candidates for upcoming
> updates.
> 
> I see that GitHub repo
> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk17u<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://
> github.com/openjdk/jdk17u__;!!ACWV5N9M2RV99hQ!c1np2vZ-
> LuG6N_Fe3mRgl0g6an2iEr9fmV0TRavY4JkT0Lq-mPCCSBOIkx8zTbtD$> was
> already created. However, it hasn't been refreshed since 4 weeks or so. So,
> my question is twofold:
> 
> 1. Can I already request backports and push them to jdk17u?
> 2. Can the repository be refreshed again and then be merged more often
> (e.g. with the weekly tags) from now on?
> 
> Thanks
> Christoph