Reproducible build backports to jdk17u-dev ?

[Andrew Haley]

On 1/11/22 10:50, Andrew Leonard wrote:

> I'm looking to backport some recent reproducible build fixes & features to
> jdk-17.0.3+, for example the new jar & jmod --date option:
> 
> https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/214f98f6b07e312e6f4ded5364a94277114784e7
> Before I get too far down this road, does anyone see any blockers to
> approval for such backports? The guidance (
> https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/JDKUpdates/JDK+17u) mentions
> "reproducibility" as an accepted approval. The above PR for example
> involves a CSR for the new --date option.

I'd say that this kind of change was exactly what was intended by that line
in the "Fix Approvals" section.

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