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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