JDK 7u2 is now GA

[Dr Andrew John Hughes]

On 00:37 Wed 14 Dec     , Mark Mielke wrote:
> On 12/13/2011 07:31 PM, Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> > More notice would be useful in future so people can release packages
> > around the same time, rather than trailing it by weeks as will now be
> > the case.  This is the first mention I've heard of u2 on this list in
> > weeks, if not months.
> 
> Just to echo this a bit... I've been monitoring this list precisely to 
> be more aware of what is happening, and I have to say that although I 
> expected a jdk7u2 within the next week, it was only through sleuthing 
> *outside* this list that I had any awareness. Even as late as yesterday 
> evening, I was telling people "wait until 7u2 which might be this week".
> 

Similar story here; I found out about 7u2 via Twitter.

> Is there some reason the dates are hidden? Is this Oracle release 
> policy? It seems Oracle releases actually quite regular - and some dates 
> (security patch dates?) are published well in advance. I think 7u2 
> expected release date could have been published... or maybe I'm just 
> naive...

Really, for OpenJDK to be a proper community-driven project, such dates should
be discussed and decided in public, so everyone involved is on the same page.

I mentioned in another e-mail about IcedTea lagging behind with such updates.
There's not much alternative to that if release dates are going to be handed
down from on high, having being decided somewhere within Oracle.

For example, the status on http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7u/ should
have estimated dates as to the various stages the releases are at.
http://gcc.gnu.org/ status is a good template for what I'd like to see.

> 
> -- 
> Mark Mielke<mark at mielke.cc>
> 

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Andrew :)

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