Two suggested langtools backports to OpenJDK 6
Joe Darcy
joe.darcy at oracle.com
Wed Mar 2 12:08:53 PST 2011
joe.darcy at oracle.com wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I suggest the following two langtools fixes be backported from JDK 7
> to OpenJDK 6:
>
> 6507024 java/compiler: unchecked conversion between arrays fails
> after capture conversion
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jdk7/langtools/rev/6e9a43815df7
A follow-up, this patch applies cleanly and all regression tests, old
and new, pass with the change.
Pending Kelly's approval, it is ready to push :-)
>
> 6999460 java/compiler: Glassfish build with JDK 6 / 7 is 5x-10x
> slower on Windows than on Linux
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/jdk7/langtools/rev/a8d3eed8e247
>
> Fixes for these two bugs are already in the proprietary 6 update train.
>
On the other hand, some porting of the JDK 7 patch for 6999460 needs to
be done before it can be applied to OpenJDK 6.
-Joe
More information about the jdk6-dev
mailing list