JDK 25.0.2 base repository

[Shipilev, Aleksey]

Hi,

I think there is a hiccup in current 25u release process: `openjdk/jdk25u` contains fixes that are nominally going into 25.0.3. Whereas it was always understood that `jdk25u` is the one for pending quarterly release [1], and `jdk25u-dev` is for on-going backporting work. 

Alas, current situation seems to mean that downstream vendors cannot use `jdk25u` as the base for next quarterly release, 25.0.2 (January 2026). Instead, they would need to fork from the changeset before the  25.0.2 -> 25.0.3 version bump. AFAICS, that is:
https://github.com/openjdk/jdk25u/commit/8fd9a739c895d7f0f860a8170d22cb50574abc79

8371094: --mac-signing-key-user-name no longer works
Reviewed-by: aivanov
Backport-of: 0555f6228c59c6739b8b824d64eb6c1545a5520a

Is my understanding correct?

Thanks,
-Aleksey

[1] https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/JDKUpdates/JDK+25u: "Code from the development repository is regularly tagged and promoted to the master jdk25u repository, which is used to stabilize and deliver the quarterly releases. Distributors should use this as their primary source for creating OpenJDK builds."






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