JDK 7 is Feature-Complete

[Volker Simonis]

Hi Mark,

are there any plans when the JDK8-split will happen? Will it be right
after the Developer Preview in February or only after the GA?

How will the development proceed from that point on (especially the
HotSpot development): will you use the same HS Express model that is
currently used for JDK7/JDK6? And will this also also apply to JDK6
after JDK7 was released (i.e. will one and the same HS Express version
be used in JDK6 and in JDK7 thereafter)?

Thank you and best regards,
Volker

On Thu, Jan 27, 2011 at 10:32 PM,  <mark.reinhold at oracle.com> wrote:
>> From: Steve Poole <spoole at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 12:55:31 +0000
>
>> On Fri, 2011-01-14 at 11:37 -0800, mark.reinhold at oracle.com wrote:
>>> ...
>>>
>>> As with any large software project, there are some exceptions:
>>>
>>>   - Two features are not quite finished but have been approved for
>>>     post-FC integration: Update the XML Stack [1] and the Enhanced JMX
>>>     Agent and MBeans [2].  The late integration of these features is not
>>>     expected to affect the overall schedule.
>>
>> Mark -  I can't seem to find any more information about these features.
>>
>> Can you explain how I find out more?  For instance:
>>
>> * What versions of the XML components are going to be chosen?  How is
>> that decision made and where is it documented?
>>
>> * For the enhanced JMX Agent and Mbeans - where do I find out more about
>> the design, objectives and delivery plan?
>
> I've asked the teams responsible for these features to provide more
> information, which they'll send directly to this list.
>
> More generally, I'm aware that the JDK 7 development process is not as
> transparent as many people (me included) would like.  We'll do what we
> can to address that, but in the near term we have to balance the cost
> of such process changes against the goal of shipping JDK 7 this summer.
>
> In the longer term I fully intend to make the various JDK 8 planning
> and development activities much more transparent, from the beginning.
>
> - Mark
>