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

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> 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!
> 

Will the page include the b26 tarball?

Thanks for doing this :-)

> 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.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>
> >>
> >
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Andrew :)

Free Java Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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