Bake time in JDK8 before 7u ?

[Dalibor Topic]

On 9/5/11 10:14 PM, Dr Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> On 18:58 Sat 03 Sep     , 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.
>>
>> David
>>
> 
> I agree.  With 7-->6, we used to only backport if the change had been in a number
> of build drops.  However, there don't seem to be OpenJDK8 build drops yet; or have
> I missed something?

No 8 build drops yet, afaik.

cheers,
dalibor topic
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