Approval request for JAXP update in JDK7 M5

[Mark Reinhold]

> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:49:17 -0700
> From: tim.bell at sun.com

> This request is for the following changeset to be included in M5:
> 
>   http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/tl/jaxp/rev/2f83acf616a7
> 
>   The update is to use a newer jaxp source bundle from upstream:
>    https://jaxp.dev.java.net/files/documents/913/144160/jdk7-jaxp-m5.zip
> 
> As Joe Wang mentions (see above), these changes are already in JDK6u18.
> That should make the risk level low.

In theory, perhaps, but there are at least two significant differences
here.  One is that the process of integrating JAXP into JDK 7 is now
quite different from that of Sun's proprietary 6uX releases (and that's
a good thing).  The other is that we (i.e., Sun) do not currently have
the QA resources needed to test such a change to the extent required
to ensure (with high probability) that everything will be working as
expected in M5.

At this very late stage in M5 I'm willing to take on a certain amount
of risk for brand-new features, but not for existing functionality upon
which many other parts of the platform depend.

> If we do nothing, this change is already in the TL forest, which means
> by default it would go into M6 (probably b77).

Yes.  That does seem a more appropriate target.

- Mark