webrevs.2 for macosx changes to jdk7u-osx

[Dalibor Topic]

On 12/2/11 10:53 AM, Alan Bateman wrote:
> On 01/12/2011 21:38, Dalibor Topic wrote:
>> :
>> There is no special procedure for pushing into jdk7u-osx that's different from
>> the one for jdk7u-dev. You need to submit a bulk change request for approval first,
>> someone (i.e. either me or Edvard) needs to approve it, then the push can happen
>> - regardless whether that's jdk7u-dev or jdk7u-osx.
>>
> Dalibor - are you sure about this? 

When Paul initially asked for an osx development forest, he pointed out that jdk7u-osx 
would follow the existing development processes. Development forest in this case means 
it's as stable as the respective teams make it (i.e. not always perfectly stable), not 
that it's different from a transparency & approval process perspective.

It could be if it has to, though, but so far I don't think that we had anyone request
a separate process for the osx forest, given that it is in phase 1, and phase 1 is pretty 
lightweight by design.

In order to make the approval process not block on me or Edvard, I proposed earlier in this 
thread to make Paul a maintainer for the osx forest then he could handle all the approvals 
himself, or he could then delegate them per component, for example, to other maintainers - 
which I think is basically what you need - a way to federate responsibility for approvals 
to the various teams working on the port. I'd be happy to make multiple people maintainers 
of the osx forest, too - just let me know what your preferred mode of operation is.

cheers,
dalibor topic
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