Need reviewer: jaxp/jaxws changes for openjdk6
Kelly O'Hair
Kelly.Ohair at Sun.COM
Wed Oct 28 09:58:19 PDT 2009
Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> 2009/10/27 Kelly O'Hair <Kelly.Ohair at sun.com>:
>> Need reviewer, changes to jaxp and jaxws repositories.
>>
>> The equivalent openjdk7 jaxp/jaxws changes for openjdk6:
>>
>> 6856630: Restructure jaxp/jaxws repositories
>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~ohair/openjdk6/jdk6-jax-6856630/webrev/
>>
>> When I create the actual changesets, the jaxp/src and jaxws/src directories
>> will be deleted (webrev doesn't do well with thousands of files deleted).
>>
>> For now, drop bundles are being kept at:
>> http://kenai.com/projects/jdk6-drops/downloads
>>
>> -kto
>>
>>
>
> I'll try a build with this, but it looks good from a cursory glance
> and based on it being a backport of the jdk7 work.
>
> With the weekend in between, I lost track of what was happening with
> the jdk7 version. I take it you committed to tl. Should I revise the
> ALT_DROPS_DIR patch against tl and post a new webrev? By the look of
> this patch, the fix is also needed here (I see devtools lurking
> again).
Yes and Yes. We still need the ALT_DROPS_DIR.
>
> My concern, as I've just mentioned on the other thread, is how
> security updates will now be handled. This is more crucial with
> OpenJDK6 than 7 at present, so I think we need a known strategy for
> this before pushing this changeset.
The assumption is that the security fixes would come from new bundles,
or patches in the jaxp/patches or jaxws/patches areas.
My preference would be for fresh drop bundles.
-kto
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