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

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> 
> 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/
> 

Yes, thanks.  I'll update IcedTea6 to use this.

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

-- 
Andrew :)

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

PGP Key: 248BDC07 (https://keys.indymedia.org/)
Fingerprint = EC5A 1F5E C0AD 1D15 8F1F  8F91 3B96 A578 248B DC07