Bake time in JDK8 before 7u ?

[Joe Darcy]

David Holmes wrote:
> Most fixes to 7u must go to 8 first. I assume at least part of the 
> reason for this is to have fixes "bake" in 8 before coming down into 
> 7u. But I'm seeing a lot of pushes to 8 followed (sometimes within 
> minutes) by requests to push to 7u. I know there are various schedules 
> to adhere to but it seems to me that the requirement to push to 8 
> before 7u is not serving any purpose in these cases.

It is making sure that JDK 8 does not develop a fix bug deficit compared 
to the 7 update train.

Most fixes from most engineers are good most of the time; I think we 
should take advantage of that in making our policies :-)

-Joe