OpenJDK 6 B28 Available

[Andrew Hughes]

----- Original Message -----
> On 10/04/2013 09:06 PM, Omair Majid wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > The OpenJDK6 B28 source release is now available for download:
> >
> > https://java.net/projects/openjdk6/downloads/download/openjdk-6-src-b28-04_oct_2013.tar.gz
> >
> > sha256sum:
> > ac4fceed060ad61dab938c41181455fb0910f58f6944f820f0637b0f0c64bf75
> >
> > A list of all changes is available here:
> > https://openjdk6.java.net/OpenJDK6-B28-Changes.html
> >
> > Please note that builds based on this do not pass the TCK. All the
> > failures were caused by limited crypto. Patches are available to address
> > this [1]. This is not a regression as far as I know.
> 
> Could you give me a piece of advice on this, please, what patch should I
> use for unlimited crypto support?
> 
> 1) patch from OpenJDK7: maillist thread [1], patch [2]
> 2) patch from IcedTea6: maillist thread [3], patch [4]
> 

I'd go with option 3 and just use IcedTea 1.13.0 which will be based on b28 and
released soon.

> >
> > A special thanks to Andrew Hughes for all his contributions (especially
> > with the hotspot 23 backport) and to Pavel Tisnovsky for testing.
> >
> > Onwards to b29!
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Omair
> >
> > [1] https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-7188845
> >
> 
> [1]
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/build-dev/2012-September/006798.html
> [2]
> http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~andrew/100062/webrev.01/make/javax/crypto/Makefile.udiff.html
> [3]
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/security-dev/2008-September/000329.html
> [4]
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/security-dev/attachments/20080925/dc0d181c/icedtea-clean-crypto.patch
> 
> --
> Regards,
> Alex Kasko
> 

-- 
Andrew :)

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