the forest is open - Re: starting OpenJDK6 B26 promotion process

[Lana Steuck]

The RE certified the build, so I tagged the repos. I will create the 
OpenJDK 6 b26 page and email the forum with the details.
In the meantime the forest is open to your pushes!

Thank you,
Lana



On 09/19/2012 04:21 PM, Lana Steuck wrote:
> The test failures were fixed (thank you, Sean!).
> The restarted build passed and all the tests passed on all platforms,
> except one known failure on solaris: java/io/File/BlockIsDirectory.java
>    (the test was deleted in 8, and probably should be deleted in 6 as 
> well)
>
> Sent a request to Oracle RE to run an official build and publish the 
> sources.
> Once this is done, I will tag the repos and the forest will be opened.
>
> Please defer your changes until it's finished and the repos are tagged 
> with jdk6-b26 tags.
>
> Thank you,
> Lana
>
> On 09/18/2012 10:57 AM, Lana Steuck wrote:
>> FYI:
>>
>> the build candidate had two new test failures (a fix is in progress):
>>  sun/tools/native2ascii/Permission.java
>>  tools/jar/UpdateJar.java
>>
>> More details:
>> ========
>> Both tests failed on *all* platforms including lin_i586. Both 
>> failures are Compilation failures.
>> Last changes that touched the tests:
>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/jdk/rev/0e34d4326386
>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/jdk/rev/2366192c7fcb
>>
>> After looking more closely into the failures, here's what seemed to 
>> happen:
>> The following two try blocks were ported from jdk7/8 fixes without
>> converting 'try-with-resources' statements (introduced in 7).
>> These new 'try-with-resources' language constructions do not work in 
>> jdk6.
>>
>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/jdk/rev/0e34d4326386
>> +                try (FileOutputStream fos = new 
>> FileOutputStream(src)) {
>> +                    fos.write('a'); fos.write('b'); fos.write('c');
>> +                }
>>
>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/jdk/rev/2366192c7fcb
>> +                try (FileOutputStream fos0 = new FileOutputStream(e0);
>> +                     FileOutputStream fos1 = new 
>> FileOutputStream(e1)) {
>> +                    fos0.write(0);
>> +                    fos1.write(0);
>> +                }
>>
>> Informed the TL team, the fix is in progress. So when you see a push 
>> to jdk6,
>> this is why.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Lana
>>
>> On 09/17/2012 02:27 PM, Lana Steuck wrote:
>>> Started the promotion process. Please defer your changes until it's 
>>> finished and the repos are tagged with jdk6-b26 tags.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>> Lana
>>>
>>> On 09/14/2012 05:24 AM, Andrew Hughes wrote:
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>
>>>>> It's time for OpenJDK6 B26 promotion (will be tagged with jdk6-b26).
>>>>>
>>>>> Let me know if there are any additional changes to consider for this
>>>>> OpenJDK6 release.
>>>>>
>>>> Well there are plenty of potential changes on our side, but none that
>>>> wouldn't wait until b27.  Let's get this out ASAP as it has the recent
>>>> security update in it.  Otherwise, we risk running into JavaOne and 
>>>> the
>>>> next security update.
>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> -Lana
>>>>>
>>>>> P.S.
>>>>> - Release process is here:
>>>>> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/raw-file/tip/ReleaseProcess.html
>>>>> - OpenJdk6 Important Links Summary:
>>>>> https://blogs.oracle.com/openjdk6releases/entry/openjdk6_at_a_glance
>>>>>     The page contains a table with information about all previous
>>>>> releases: Release notes, Test Results, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
>>
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