Request for creation of OSX integration repo forest

[Henri Gomez]

What does it means for osx builder like me ?

When could we try to use it for OS/X builds ?

2011/10/17 Paul Hohensee <paul.hohensee at oracle.com>:
> Thanks, Dalibor.
>
> The forest is here
>
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-osx/
>
> and the corresponding gates here
>
> http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-osx-gate/
>
> The jdk7u-osx forest is a clone of jdk7u/jdk7u-dev and has the same jcheck
> constraints as jdk7u-dev (i.e., duplicate bugids are allowed).  The push
> notification
> alias is
>
> macosx-port-dev at openjdk.java.net
>
> When component teams deem it advisable, they'll ask permission to push to
> jdk7u-dev via the existing process.
>
> Hotspot pushes to jdk7u-osx will likely happen on the same schedule as those
> to jdk7u-dev.  The initial port is wending its way through the integration
> process
> from hsx/hotspot-rt through hsx/hotspot-main to hsx/hsx23, and will go from
> there to jdk7u-osx/hotspot.
>
> Paul
>
> On 10/11/11 8:59 AM, Dalibor Topic wrote:
>>
>> On 10/6/11 6:37 PM, Dalibor Topic wrote:
>>>
>>> On 10/6/11 8:16 AM, Paul Hohensee wrote:
>>>>
>>>> At JavaOne, Oracle announced the developer preview of the JDK7 Mac OSX
>>>> port. Apple is open-sourcing the port and Oracle plans to deliver it in
>>>> a future JDK7 update release.   Since the initial port will use the JDK7
>>>> code
>>>> base, I'd like to propose the creation of a project repo forest for the
>>>> port
>>>> as a sub-project of the JDK7 update project. Once a stable port exists
>>>> in the OSX project repo forest, we can request permission to push it to
>>>> jdk7u.
>>>
>>> Thanks for this proposal, Paul.
>>>
>>> I posted a link to the Oracle JDK 7 Update release roadmap published at
>>> JavaOne
>>> and the corresponding press releases which give some more background
>>> information
>>> on the plans wrt to the Mac OS X port to provide some more background for
>>> this
>>> request. [1]
>>>
>>> I'd like to open up this proposal for discussion until Monday.
>>
>> Thanks to everyone who participated in the discussion. With my JDK 7
>> Updates Project
>> Lead hat on, I think this is a good proposal, so we will go ahead and
>> create a separate
>> jdk7u-osx  forest for the jdk7u integration of the Mac OS X port based off
>> the mainline
>> jdk7u master, with commit e-mails heading to the macosx-port-dev list in
>> order to
>> keep the Mac porters up to date on the progress of jdk7u(4) integration
>> work.
>>
>> cheers,
>> dalibor topic
>>
>>> cheers,
>>> dalibor topic
>>>
>>> [1]
>>> http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk7u-dev/2011-October/000534.html
>>>
>>
>>
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