JDK7: Buffering and stabilization

[Mark Reinhold]

> Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 11:38:34 -0700
> From: jonathan.gibbons at sun.com

> Recent announcements [1] have changed the rules for integrating changes
> into OpenJDK JDK7.
> 
> ...
> 
> Therefore, rather than have individual groups set up their own private
> integration areas, I'd like to suggest we create a single new forest for
> pushing changes to stabilize the master repository for a upcoming
> milestone -- and we leave the main integration repositories open for
> business, accumulating changes until they can next be pushed to the master.

In principle I think this is a fine idea, but at this point in M3 it
doesn't seem worth the effort given our other priorities.  Build 59
is scheduled for next week, after which the gates will be re-opened
for general M4 development.  If we actually need to do the scheduled
M3 showstopper build (60) then we'll spin up a temporary forest just
for that purpose.

Once we're past JavaOne then let's work on a specific "buffering"
proposal for use in M4 and beyond.

- Mark