request to fix CR 6998583 for 6 open

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 09:42 Fri 25 Feb     , Joe Darcy wrote:
> Joe Darcy wrote:
> > Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> >> On 11:26 Tue 22 Feb     , Joe Darcy wrote:
> >>  
> >>> Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> >>>    
> >>>> On 00:20 Tue 22 Feb     , Joe Darcy wrote:
> >>>>        
> >>>>> Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> >>>>>            
> >>>>>> On 10:17 Mon 21 Feb     , Joe Darcy wrote:
> >>>>>>                  
> >>>>>>> Seán Coffey wrote:
> >>>>>>>                        
> >>>>>>>> Requesting approval to push 6998583 changes to 6-open.
> >>>>>>>> Already reviewed by Brad.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~coffeys/webrev.6998583.6open/
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>> regards,
> >>>>>>>> Sean.
> >>>>>>>>                               
> >>>>>>> Approved for OpenJDK 6.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> Thanks,
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>> -Joe
> >>>>>>>                         
> >>>>>> As the security fixes are now in OpenJDK6, are we going to have a
> >>>>>> release for b22?  The fewer changes for such a release, the 
> >>>>>> better IMHO.
> >>>>>>                   
> >>>>> Yes, the release of b22 should not be a protracted affair!
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Are there any additional changes which should go into b22?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>             
> >>>> I was assuming it would just be the security fixes.  I have plenty 
> >>>> of stuff
> >>>> to get in (HotSpot update, a slew of AWT stuff) but I'm holding 
> >>>> that for b23.
> >>>>
> >>>>         
> >>> Okay; just security fixes it is for b22.  I've started the promotion 
> >>> procedures for the current contents of the OpenJDK 6 repositories.
> >>>
> >>> -Joe
> >>>     
> >>
> >> Thanks Joe, that's great.
> >>   
> >
> > If all goes as planned, the source bundle should be posted by this 
> > Friday, Feb. 25.
> >
> All has not gone as planned; due to delays from contention for some 
> internal resources, it looks like the b22 source bundle will go out 
> early next week.
> 

Thanks for the update.  Will it be possible to have it before Wednesday?
We plan to release IcedTea6 1.10 then and having b22 would avoid carrying
the security patches into the new release.

> -Joe

Thanks,
-- 
Andrew :)

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