Security fixes are back; other fixes can go in. Time for build 18?

[Andrew John Hughes]

2009/12/8 Andrew John Hughes <gnu_andrew at member.fsf.org>:
> 2009/12/8 Joseph D. Darcy <Joe.Darcy at sun.com>:
>> Joseph D. Darcy wrote:
>>>
>>> Andrew John Hughes wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 2009/11/13 Joseph D. Darcy <Joe.Darcy at sun.com>:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Andrew John Hughes wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 2009/11/10 Andrew John Hughes <gnu_andrew at member.fsf.org>:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [snip]
>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Still need to look at this, but was wondering what was happening with
>>>>>> timezone data in 6?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It doesn't seem like much of anything is happening with timezone data in
>>>>> OpenJDK 6!
>>
>> [snip]
>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'd appreciate if you could backport these timezone changes.
>>>>>
>>>>> -Joe
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ok, no problem.
>>>>
>>>> So I make it for b18 we still have:
>>>>
>>>>  * the issue with the X11 patch I can't apply because of jcheck
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'll check in with Mark, but we're both speaking at Devoxx next week so
>>> recognizing Latin-1 characters in jcheck may not happen immediately.
>>>
>>>>  * Nimbus issues
>>>>  * the diff issue with HotSpot Martin pointed out
>>>>
>>>
>>> Right.
>>>
>>>> Do we also want the timezone data changes for b18 or shall we do that
>>>> in b19? I think b19's main feature is likely to be hs16.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think the time zone updates would be better in b18; the nature of these
>>> changes is very well-understood.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Some time has passed, a few more fixes have come into the repos, and I'm
>> beginning to think it would better to have OpenJDK 6 b18 be more or less
>> what is there now and to have the timezone update and other changes go into
>> b19.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>> -Joe
>>
>
> Sorry, I've been distracted with first the OpenJDK7 release and then
> time off work.  Backporting the timezone stuff should be fairly
> trivial.  I'll have a try today and if it isn't, then we can consider
> delaying it.
>
> I think we do need to get the Nimbus fixes in.  I'm trying to get
> IcedTea6 working against OpenJDK6 hg so I can test this, and all the
> JAXWS/JAXP changes don't make that a simple job.  But it's in
> progress.
>
> Is there any news on updating jcheck?  I still haven't been able to
> push the X11 fix.
>
> In response to Erik's e-mail, I'd be happier making HotSpot b16 part
> of b19 rather than b18, so we have more time for testing.
>
> So still:
>
> * Timezone fixes
> * Nimbus fixes
> * X11 fix
>
> for b18 from my side.  Is there some rush to get this out?
> --
> Andrew :-)
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Just remembered about Kelly's JDI work; that would be good to get in
and being test-related, shouldn't break anything about the build or
JDK itself.
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Andrew :-)

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