[7u4] Request for approval for CR 7104625 - sun.awt.X11.XEvent is creating 600 MB of char[] for no good reason

[Edvard Wendelin]

Approved. I'll see if we can get the build schedule for 7u4 added to the 
calendar! Thanks for pointing out the fact that it is missing :)

Cheers,
Edvard

On 12/09/2011 09:21 PM, Omair Majid wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to backport the fix for 7104625 to 7u4.
>
> The bug is available at:
> http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7104625
>
> The thread for the patch review is available at:
> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/awt-dev/2011-October/001952.html
>
> The fix is currently in openjdk8:
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8/jdk8/jdk/rev/7636a62aba7e
>
> The exact same fix applies to jdk7u4 - an hg export from jdk8/jdk 
> imports into jdk7u-dev/jdk without any changes.
>
> Any thoughts or comments?
>
> Btw, http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/builds/ shows the 7u2 
> release schedule. Is there something similar for 7u4? I would like to 
> get a rough idea of when this fix might be available in a release.
>
> Thanks,
> Omair