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

[Lana Steuck]

Hi Andrew,

> Will the page include the b26 tarball?

You mean the source bundle, right?
Yes, theopenjdk/jdk6/ has been already updated and now points to b26 
source bundle:
http://download.java.net/openjdk/jdk6/

Thanks,
Lana

On 09/24/2012 06:23 AM, Andrew Hughes wrote:
> ----- 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.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>
>>